Would you Rather be Intellectually Smart or Business Smart? By Ruth King
It doesn’t matter how intellectually smart you are. It matters if you implement what you learn…through a book, at a meeting, in a conversation, or … Read more
It doesn’t matter how intellectually smart you are. It matters if you implement what you learn…through a book, at a meeting, in a conversation, or … Read more
If you try to scale chaos, you only get more chaos. And eventually your business will implode. When you are small, i.e. less than $750,000 in … Read more
Don’t pay attention to the bottom line as you grow The owner of the company whose profit and loss graph is shown in this post … Read more
From the editor: The 1st of a timeless series authored by Ruth King in 2025. Death by 1,000 cuts is how the ancient Chinese tortured … Read more
A bookkeeper, who should have known better, didn’t like the profit number on the financial statements that she produced. So, instead of asking the owner or … Read more
Finding the right field manager could be a long-term process with no guarantee of the results. The person that you think will be a great manager … Read more
“I need to clean up my books.” This was a comment a contractor made to me at AHR last week. He didn’t look “thrilled” about … Read more
Here are the top 10 excuses I get for not looking at the company’s P&L and Balance Sheet: #1. I have cash in the bank … Read more
$1,800,000. This is the amount of money an accountant, Richard A. Mandarino, stole from a Chicago construction firm. He was convicted and sentenced to jail this … Read more
Here are six things I’ve found that could help in your hiring process. For field personnel: I first witnessed this while watching an interview for … Read more