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Strategy consulting and business strategy go hand in glove. Let me sketch a scenario: you are a CEO of a medium-size company in South Africa. For a variety of reasons, your company is beginning to lose market share on your key products and in key market segments. The Marketing Department...
Top class financial executives are hard to find. They have to be organised, strategic thinkers, have a keen attention to detail, and above all be trustworthy. Becoming a top class financial executive doesn’t just happen overnight, it is a process that happens over a period time. Whilst having the right qualification is a must, one of...
I’m fortunate in my line of work to meet many entrepreneurs and business owners on a daily basis across varying and diverse industries and perhaps one of the most popular topics that seem to come up during discussions is: how do I grow my business? I believe that the single biggest...
If you’ve undertaken to compile the financial strategy for your business, you’re tasked with setting the scene for the financial future of the company. It’s a mammoth duty, and one that should be undertaken with plenty of forethought and a degree of caution. Your company’s financial strategy is derived from its...
Getting the most out of your financial manager often depends on the quality of the financial manager that you have engaged or employed to safe guard your company’s financial future. Excellent, educated and highly experienced financial managers come at a price, but with good reason. You wouldn’t let a first year...
You may have been working in the position for years, but do you ever wonder what a CFO (chief financial officer)’s job description actually is? An article by Forbes magazine reveals that CFOs have bigger roles today than they ever occupied previously. And according to the executives themselves, they like it...
So we have been asked by a few people now "what is the big hype around this book launch?", "why are you involved?" and "what is so unique about Carl's perspective on governance?". We thought we would get a few people you might know of to answer that questions for...
They don’t pick up the universal flack that lawyers and politicians do, but accountants certainly enjoy their share of bad rap when it comes to generalizations about the profession. If you’ve decided to hire a finance executive, you’ve probably got a set of expectations in your mind about the kind...
Financial planning is a “key component” of managing and driving business performance, and yet it “continues to be of limited value and mired with conservatism” for many companies. This is according to global auditing firm PwC. In its report Financial Planning: realising the value of budgeting and forecasting, PwC mentions some...
