A New Role for the Finance Team

A New Role for the Finance Team

by | Oct 31, 2012 | Leadership, Management, Metrics

These days a finance department is a metrics department. What gets measured gets done. There needs to be much more clarity around whose job it is to take action when ratios are going the wrong way.  There needs to be more visual cues in our dashboards, reports and...
We Are Often Persuaded By Irrelevant Evidence

We Are Often Persuaded By Irrelevant Evidence

by | Oct 19, 2012 | Management

It is very tempting to take evidence from candidates in support of their desire to fill the vacancy. It is very tempting to believe that the impressive evidence on display clearly demonstrates their skill at doing the job. Be careful. Mitt Romney sites his...
The Productivity of Simplicity

The Productivity of Simplicity

by | Oct 15, 2012 | Management

We’ve all read some sort of personal productivity system during our business lives. The problem is finding one that really works for you. The secret is definitely to minimize the number of touches. Here is a little system that is working well for me. Basically 3...
As an SMB Owner – How Do You Measure Your Week?

As an SMB Owner – How Do You Measure Your Week?

by | Oct 13, 2012 | Management

As the owner of a private company how do you measure a good week? What are your jugular metrics when measured at 5pm on a Friday night that give you the essential picture?  I know there are literally 100 Key Performance Indicators you can measure but if I gave you the...