Fractional CFO – Strategically Aligning Your Finance Teams and Developing Finance Leaders
If you find that you are spending more time in dealing with small details or specific events and not spending enough time in planning and improving your business, then there are two leadership techniques that can refocus your effort. You can start doing these today. The first involves providing clear direction for what you want …
On occasion the first idea your team presents to you is not the best idea that they can develop. Saying “No” to the first idea, even if you like it, may open the door to developing better ideas. If you find yourself approving the first ideas always, your business may not be reaching its potential. …
Complacency inhibits your ability to create new growth and sets you in a condition for decline. Leaders who become complacent often are unaware of their situation. Complacency resonates with being too comfortable or when you lack the ability to see that conditions are changing, and you take no action. You must be continually focused on …
Leaders must realize that active listening often brings better results than excessive talking. When you are talking, you are not understanding what is going on around you. Leadership requires knowing and understanding the situation, and it does not require you to become an expert at how your own voice sounds. Active listening is about observing …
The financial statements for your business each period reveal a story about your accomplishments, your shortcomings, and where you are headed in the future. What story are your financial statements saying about your performance? Is it a cheerful story or is it agony each month? What story do you really want your financial statements to …