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How Much Cash Reserve is Enough?

”Cash is King” is the mantra of many small business owners. It is true that cash is the fuel that makes a business run. It is needed to pay salaries, fund marketing programs, acquire and retain new customers, invest in equipment and facilities, pay rent, supplies and...

CFO Book Review: Saving the Corporate Soul by David Batstone

The image of corporate America has been rapidly eroding over the past years as scandal, greed and layoffs are highlighted on the evening news. In this book the author explores what it takes for a corporation to act and engage in business in a way that aligns with the...

CFO Book Review: Leading Change

Leading Change by John P. Kotter Harvard Business School Press (1996) Leading Change was written as a follow up to an article the author wrote for the Harvard Business Review entitled “Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail”. This article received such an...

Whatever Happened to Corporate Stewardship – Rick Wartzman

In November 1956, Time magazine explored a phenomenon that went by various names: “capitalism with a conscience,” “enlightened conservatism,” “people’s capitalism,” and, most popularly, “The New Conservatism.” No matter which label one preferred, the basic concept was...

CFO Book Review: The Steward Leader

The Steward Leader Stewardship of people within an organization has taken on a whole new level of meaning for me after reading Peter Block’s book Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest. Block approaches the issue of leadership, in the face of the changing...

Joy at Work – A Book Worth Reading

In Joy at Work, Dennis Bakke lays out a philosophy of what the workplace environment should be like. His book challenges entrenched management norms established in the 18th century and still firmly practiced across America. His philosophy proposes a 21st century...

Should Your Business Organize as a Benefit Corporation?

The Washington state legislature passed HB 2239 establishing Social Purpose Corporations on March 6, 2012. It became effective on June 7, 2012. If you care about being a steward of profits, people, partners and places, then this Washington version of the Benefit...

You in Your Community

When American Express’ OPEN Forum encouraged shoppers to participate in a new holiday? Small Business Saturday?back in 2010, they emphasized several facts still valid today. For every $100 you spend at local, independent stores, $68 returns to your community. Only $43...