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In the 2005 movie Coach Carter, Samuel L. Jackson plays the stern basketball coach of a poor, struggling high school team in Richmond, California. Disillusioned and unmotivated, the team lacks the psychological edge it needs to win. Carter puts written contracts in place, outlining strict requirements from each of the...
There are skills every financial director has, and there are skills that exceptional financial directors have. Our experience as a company with a team of top notch finance executives has shown that the skillset required by a leading person in our profession is somewhat different to the predictable abilities of...
Fifty years ago, you would have walked out of university with your qualification in hand, and applied for a job at the bank. You would have performed consistently in your position, and slowly worked your way up the ranks. Forty years later, you would still be at the same bank,...
Looking to the year ahead involves some forward thinking. This means brainstorming, planning and envisaging the most likely scenarios that your company will face in the next year. From a financial perspective, it starts by making financial projections. According to the businessdictionary.com, financial projections are defined as a forecast of...
You know how to take an idea and turn it into a viable, money-making entity. You know how to manage a team of people. You know how to pitch a deal and make a sale. But do you know how to manage the money that is powering your business? Entrepreneurs are...
As a small business owner, you often feel like a one-man band. You’re beating the drums one minute, strumming the guitar the next, and taking a moment to tune the bass while simultaneously blowing the harmonica. There are twenty places to be, phone calls to make, emails to return, meetings...
When you realize it’s time to put together your company’s annual financial report, do you let out an inevitable groan? If you do, you might be interested to know that the investors for whom the report is intended, feel similar to you. A survey by the US Securities and Exchange...
You’ve sweated hard to build your company to where it is today. Part of that has meant working many long hours crafting your business strategy, only to find out that most people working in the company either don’t know what the strategy is all about or are failing to execute...
EBITDA, ROI, NPAT, PDO … Financial metrics: Are they a jumble of letters, or synonyms that can show you how to meaningfully measure the progress of your business? For those who are unfamiliar with the terms, they can be nothing more than financial mumbo-jumbo. But for those who understand their function,...
