NON-PROFIT DASHBOARD 2: BUILDING THE RIGHT ONE
In a previous post, I made the case for non-profits to implement dashboards to aid in accountability and to help them stay focused on what is most important to the organization….
Read more »IS IT TIME TO HIRE A CFO?
If you’re a start-up or a small company CEO (especially for the first time), at some point you’ve asked yourself “Do I need to hire a CFO?” I’ve seen variations…
Read more »THE NEW “BUSINESS-ATTRACTIVE” UK
“Have you looked at the business-attractive UK?” If someone had said that to me 10 years ago I would probably have chuckled. Recently though I attended a webinar put on…
Read more »NON-PROFIT DASHBOARDS PART 1: THE ROLE AND REASON
The current trend in organizations is to distribute real time financial and performance information to managers in order to improve the quality of information available to them and to enable…
Read more »SO YOU NEED A VALUATION? WHY? WHAT’S THE PURPOSE?
There are lots of reasons for a privately-owned business to consider a valuation. These might include: 1.Pricing employee stock options 2.Shareholder buyouts 3.Internal sales and purchases 4.Buy/sell agreements 5.Estate planning…
Read more »GETTING YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR AS AN INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATE
I recently attended a panel presentation on recruitment of international candidates. The panel included an in-house recruiter, a retained search recruiter and an international candidate who had been successfully recruited…
Read more »IRS TARGETING HURTS MORE THAN JUST CONSERVATIVES
Recent news headlines are filled with sensational revelations about alleged IRS targeting of certain conservatively oriented social welfare groups seeking tax exempt status (under IRC Section 501 (c) 4) for…
Read more »TODAY’S EFFECTIVE NON-PROFIT LEADER
We’ve witnessed tremendous change in the world of organizations due to the broad availability of information on the internet and the way specific organizational information is frequently shared via social…
Read more »FOREIGN COMPANIES ENTERING THE US: PAYROLL AND BENEFITS
I am often asked by foreign companies entering the US about how to manage payroll and benefits for employees based in the US. When starting out in the US, foreign…
Read more »LOOK BEHIND THE FACADE WITH INTERNATIONAL ACQUISITIONS
The recent announcement of the enormous write-down ($8.8 billion, with a “b”) by Hewlett-Packard in their acquisition of British software company, “Autonomy”, reminds us of the additional care that must…
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