Articles
Short, grounded pieces written for Australian business owners and leaders who want to make better decisions with the information they already have.
A selection of recent pieces that explore common decisions faced by growing organisations across Australia.
Many businesses build a detailed cash flow once and then stop updating it because it feels heavy. In this article we outline a lighter approach that focuses on the decisions you make each month instead of predicting every line item perfectly.
Adjusting prices can feel uncomfortable, especially when relationships have grown over many years. This piece walks through how to prepare the financial case for a price change and how to communicate it in a way that feels fair and transparent.
Different leaders often read the same report in different ways. Finance sees risk, operations sees workload and sales sees opportunity. This article explores how to design reporting that invites a shared conversation instead of competing stories.
These shorter pieces are designed to be read between meetings and can be shared with your team as prompts for discussion.
A simple checklist covering timing, impact and risk that you can apply to new hires, equipment, software or marketing campaigns.
Helps you slow the decision just enough to see the trade-offs.
Ideas for shifting from an annual budget that gathers dust to a rolling view that supports decisions all year round.
Focus on regular adjustments instead of one big reset.
Practical tips on what to include, what to leave out and how to structure your story so directors can focus on what matters.
Especially useful for CEOs and CFOs working with new boards.
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