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Fiscal Focus is the plain English measurement module of RealTimeCEO.

Welcome back to our series of blogs on Core Managment Principles.

In my Vistage workshops, I talk a lot about predicting the future.

What would be the impact of price increase or price discount on your business?

Sensitivity Analysis helps you decide which action will have the biggest impact on your business

Today we will be looking at ways to boost morale among your staff by creating a celebration culture.

Previously we have discussed J Curve Management and 24 Month Rolling but what makes a great RealTime CEO?

Those of our readers with sales experience will know about unique selling propositions (USP).

Every month I get to travel to different parts of the world to talk about a subject I am passionate about: creating value in business.

Welcome to our series of blogs looking at the Core Management Principles. The first of which covers what I call 3W Accountability

If I were to ask you the following question, what would your response be?

If you’ve attended one of my workshops, you’ve heard me talk about the value of the SON communication process – a simple exercise that can dramatically improve your business.

If you’re a CEO focused on making an immediate improvement in your performance, which we typically measure by quantifying the amount of value you’re creating in your business (and we call this your ROO%, or Return on Operations percentage), there are eight key actions you can take, or levers that you can “pull,” that will directly affect both your cash flow and your ROO%.

A common question that can cause unnecessary confusion for business owners is “How much is invested in your business?”.

Do you understand the power of the information contained in your balance sheet?

Who in your business is best qualified to predict and influence the future?

Financial forecasting is a standard activity at the enterprise level.

In our last blog, Forecasting the Future – Alternatives, we discussed the benefits of RealTime 24 Month Rolling forecasts.

Forecasting the future relies on an accurate method of measuring past and current performance.

Do your company’s reporting methods guide you into the future or force you to look backwards?

In my last blog on 24 Month Rolling I introduced you to the concepts of Trailing 12 Month Measurement (TTM) and 24 Month Rolling Forecasts.

There are some other issues to be aware of with J curves that we will cover here.

J Curve investments are a strategic decision to spend money today to receive a benefit tomorrow (in the future).

In our last posting on J Curves, we discussed ownership of J Curve investments and the problems involved if ownership is not managed effectively.

On your journey through time you look out over the horizon and you come up with an idea that you know is going to make your business stronger in the future.

So, why do you need to manage J Curves?

The old adage tells us that you have to spend money to make money.

In our previous blog, we looked at "What are J-Curve Investments?"

In this blog, we will look at the ideal skill mix for your whole business by looking at the 4 Business Quadrants.

The foundation of your business is your business’s reason for being.

Second quadrant is called “Your Market” and is defined by the relatively simple question “Who are your Customers?”.

Your operations are the engine of your business.

Your people are the people who work in your business.

At RealTime CEO we’ve assisted businesses all around the world.

As our leaders look to repair our economies after the COVID-19 crash, a wild new way of economic thinking has surged to prominence: modern monetary theory, or MMT for short.

The Australian government’s lockdowns and COVID-Zero policies have saved many lives, yet they cost our economy tens of millions of dollars a day.

In 2021, we hope that the end of the pandemic will come.

Today, finance and economics have nothing to do with one another.