CUSTOMERS DRIVING THEIR BUSINESS FORWARD

We’ve been exploring the ways a virtual or outsourced CFO can help CEOs manage common challenges. In the first two sections, we looked at how a vCFO can help you navigate changeand map a plan for growth. Now we’re going to focus on an issue that’s at the front of many CEOs’ minds today: employee …

When you first launched your company, you might not have had great expectations for its future. It could have been the case that you were expecting the business to operate for a few years, then shut down. Or, you might have thought that you could keep doing what you were doing indefinitely. The reality is that …

Challenges and trying times are all part of being in the business world. Whether you’ve been running companies for decades or have recently been promoted to a CEO role for the first time, you’re going to encounter some bumps in the road. Fortunately, you don’t have to face those challenges alone. In many cases, a …

In our last blog post, we outlined some of the top challenges CEOs face in today’s business world. One of those challenges was figuring out how to navigate change in your company. In many ways, change can be a positive thing. It can mean that your company is growing and thriving. But in other situations, …

The past few years have presented challenge after challenge for many businesses. Some companies have had to pivot or change direction entirely to stay afloat while others found that they had to make major adjustments to their operations or ways of working. When the going gets tough, it’s easy to want to throw in the …

A managerial mindset refers to the way a manager deals with the work, employees, and world around them. Mindset is the perspective a person takes or their way of thinking. In Harvard Business Review, management professor Henry Mintzberg outlined the five types of managerial mindset that exist. To be a good manager, you don’t need to …

Whether you’ve just started a company or have recently been made the CEO of an established business, you want to do whatever you can to succeed and help the company grow. While there isn’t a magic formula for CEO success, some things will pave the way to success for you and your company as a …

One of the big questions many CEOs have today is whether remote work will ultimately benefit their companies or lead to an erosion of workplace culture and employee engagement. As New York Times reported, some CEOs are eager to have their teams back in the office, while others are ready to embrace a remote-only or hybrid …

If the past two years have taught people anything, it’s that it’s particularly impossible to predict what will happen next. CEOs have spent the past few years trying to navigate the new “normal” and figuring out what “normal” means anymore. As you look forward to 2022, you might be wondering where to focus your attention …

As a new year begins, you might find yourself looking back on 2021 and wondering if you reached your goals for the year. You’re also likely looking forward to the year to come and are considering what you can do to grow your business and move into the new phase. If you haven’t previously done …

If you get together a group of CEOs and ask them to name their top business challenge, more likely than not, most will say growth. Most CEOs want their businesses to grow and they want to maintain that growth over time. Predictable, scalable growth is much preferred over random growth spurts. Fortunately, the secret to …

In October 2021, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index reported a 6.2% increase in inflation over the past 12 months, the highest 12-month increase since 1990. While inflation can affect your business in many ways, the thing to remember is not to panic. Take a look at how inflation might impact your company, then make …