Progressus

OCTOBER 20, 2023

These metrics provide the foundation for more outcome-oriented engagements, leveraging real-time data to secure contracts, monitor progress, and demonstrate the value of client investments. Which Metrics Are Essential for Professional Services Firms?

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LSA Global

APRIL 4, 2018

Good Strategy Execution. There is not really any secret to good strategy execution…it’s really just a matter of applying some good common sense. But you’d be surprised at how many companies fail to succeed at strategy implementation of even very well crafted corporate strategies. 90% Failure Strategy Execution Rate.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 18, 2015

Tom: Do you think that short term financial metrics are part of the problem in developing long term strategy? One of the ideas that I’ve been thinking about recently is that financial metrics are basically designed to evaluate how much you are getting out of a company, your cash flow take from the company.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

and (ii) how can digital firms improve their financial reports to communicate sources of value creation in their businesses? Business students are taught to value a company based on the discounted amounts of future cash flows or earnings. Traditional companies therefore rely on two strategies.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The Wall Street Journal and others recently reported about an accounting expert who had predicted the Madoff Ponzi scheme and recently went after GE for what he said are their deceptive accounting practices (of course, GE responded this person didn’t know what he was talking about).

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Martinka Consulting

DECEMBER 12, 2019

About 15 years ago I started using the term “free cash flow,” which is pretty much the same as what’s above. Not to mention no management reports, no metrics, KPIs, etc. A CFO type, not just a part-time bookkeeper who doesn’t know what a KPI (key performance indicator) is. Anticipated capital expenditures.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

Similarly, considering greater accruals (which represent the difference between reported income and operating cash flows) to measure short-term orientation has its difficulties. It assumes that a smaller proportion of cash flows in earnings indicates a myopic firm. Overly optimistic financial statements.

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