“Apple employees oppose return-to-office.” “I only work half days at home, why go into the office?” “I’m not going to give up the freedom of working from home!” “Help Wanted!” These are all recent headlines that illustrate current trends in the labor market. The headlines Read More

Centriworks will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2024. And with this huge milestone just around the proverbial corner, it has me thinking back to when I joined the company in 1993. It was quite a culture shock to be part of a privately owned business after spending my whole Read More

I recently returned from a week of the dreaded 40 hours of annual continuing education required to keep my certifications valid (at least the classes were in beautiful Coronado, California). Since the Accounting Godfathers have finally agreed to new leasing standards and Read More

Sales quotas always seem to be a hot topic, especially in any industry where revenue quotas are affixed to individual sales representatives and sales teams. I have read articles over the years that would seem to suggest that they are passé. Here’s the dictionary.com definition of Read More

Last year, as part of a financial forum, I sat on a panel to discuss budgeting and forecasting methods with a room full of head financial managers of their businesses. I was surprised at the number of businesses that do not have a formal process in place to do an annual budget. Read More

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it” That quote has been attributed to many individuals, the most famous being those icons of modern management philosophy Peter Drucker and Edward Deming. I would hazard a guess that all successful business men and women have paid Read More