Articles Tagged - Finance

January 14, 2013

Advice For Finance Professionals: Redefine Your Role As Gatekeeper

How efficient is your company at making sound investment decisions?

Finance is an incredibly important aspect of any business.  So important that many companies make the mistake of shielding it from daily operations & functional managers.  This leads to uncertainty, animosity, wasted time and resources as managers make investment requests that get denied.  By proactively teaching and integrating financial decision processes throughout the organization, Finance Professionals can redefine their role as gatekeeper, building a more efficient organization...Continue reading

By Lisa WoodsPosted in Accounting & Finance on January 14, 2013

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July 22, 2012

A Guide to Business Development: Balancing Skill, Boldness & Luck

What is Business Development and how can you do it well?

It is the most ambiguous of business disciplines…something many want to do, but few are able to define or do well.  This is due to the nature of business development being something beyond the scope of a company’s every day business activity, as well as the inconsistent placement of the activity in different organizations.  Sometimes it is part of sales, sometimes marketing, an outside consultant can lead the effort or a department of it’s own is often created.  We define...Continue reading

By Dan WoodsPosted in Sales & Business Development on July 22, 2012

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July 16, 2012

Get your budgets and capital expenditures approved.

Learn how to work with your finance team to make better decisions for your own department.

Breaking Down Departmental Silos: Finance   In Business spending money is just as important as making money.  Do you do a good job justifying how money should be spent for your department?  If you work in Finance, do you integrate your actions throughout your organization by helping managers streamline spending requests?...Would other managers agree with your answer?  Ask yourself how Finance and the rest of your organization can work better together to make more educated financial...Continue reading

By Lisa WoodsPosted in Management on July 16, 2012

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