Archive for January, 2009
The Economy Today
As I travel across the U.S. helping businesses better themselves, catching a flight from one place to another, renting this car, that car, staying in this hotel, that hotel, it never fails that people ask me what I think of the current U.S. economic condition and what’s to come. I have written a few blogs [...]
Jobless Report
The current jobless report along with this morning’s announcement from Caterpillar that it would reduce its workforce by about 20,000 employees adds to the growing concern that the economy is getting worse. As much as this is bad news, we seem to forget what has caused such failure in the economy. Remember when business and [...]
We need accurate and relevant accounting in business
Over the last ten years of consulting I have noticed a disturbing trend in business that I think we should all recognize and correct. Business fails to recognize and respect the importance of accurate accounting. In the last two years I have particularly noticed that business owners and managers fail to qualify the person or [...]
Operational Accounting Consulting
I recently wrote an article defining what we consider to be a real definition of Operational Accounting Consulting. As I have spent years consulting business of all size and shapes, I have determined the common thread within business issues. Sure the economy is tough these days where my research into the topic as occurred over the [...]
Is it really bad in 2009?
The U.S. National media has done a great job in perpetuating a doom and gloom scenario for the next couple of years. I do agree that things are tough, but as I have commented before, we are headed backward into the ‘70s. For those of you who remember, the ‘70s, the world operated via cash [...]
Don’t Forget Customer Service
As we have now moved into the reality of the New Year and uncertainty in the economy, I find that with all the “panic” there are still service oriented businesses neglecting one thing. Customer Service. For those of us who own businesses that rely on customers (which is pretty much all of us), now is [...]
Here we go!! It’s finally 2009
So what do we do now that we are in the midst of an economic dive? Get ready! Get ready for a bunch more speculation, opinions and rhetoric about what is to come via a new President, the failed housing market, two wars and economic uncertainty. I would strongly suggest we watch less cable news. [...]