“In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage.” –  Robert Anderson In our last newsletter, I introduced the concept of the “Five D’s,” five major events that can create severe disorder in a business. These are:

“The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.” – Joseph Joubert I often talk about the “Five D’s” as five major events that can create severe disorder in a business.

“People will take any hill, walk into the worst situation, if they have faith in your leadership and know what your strategy and objectives are,” – Edward D. Breen During tough times, companies need strong leadership. This can be a challenge on those days when we just want to run away! ECA offers some approaches to leading when it would be easier to do just about anything else.

As we move into the holiday season, Eagle Corporate Advisors is busy helping business owners prepare for the coming year. Individual goals — both short term and long term — are reassessed, ensuring alignment with each owner’s individual end game and big picture of success.

Like many business owners, you may view employee handbooks as a necessary evil, something to be stuck in a file cabinet to satisfy the attorneys and HR professionals, rather than a dynamic, working document. However, handbooks can be used as a tool to make your organization more successful.

“The longer I go on, the more I am aware of the power of finance.” – Justin Welby This is the third and final installment of our series discussing the financial fundamentals impacting the health of your business.

“To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan and not quite enough time.” – Leonard Bernstein As discussed last time, the purpose of operations is to manage the resources needed to create your company’s products and services. It involves having the systems and processes in place to deliver on the promises made to your customers in an efficient and effective manner, while providing the opportunity to scale up into new markets, thereby increasing the value of your business.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle What are Operations?

Marketing is a principal value driver that helps your business thrive. Marketing and sales are two sides of the same coin.

“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” – Simon Sinek What is marketing: The management process through which goods and services move from concept to the customer. It includes the coordination of four elements called the 4 P’s of marketing:

Are you able to see a stable future with your cash needs? In this month’s Navigator, we continue our focus on honing financial skills, this time with a dive into cashflow projections. We hope you will find this information useful. Let us know what you think!

Even the most casual political observers know that government has a fondness for avoiding problems, not solving them. And the bigger the problem, the longer the sidestep. Whether it’s health insurance, social security, immigration or any of the other major issues facing our society today, elected officials tend to put off important decisions until crisis stage and beyond.

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” – Peter Drucker What is Leadership?

How have you been sleeping? During times of doubt, uncertainty and rapid change, business owners across all sectors often feel extreme concern when it comes to the financial health and stability of their business. This can easily translate into irritability and restless nights. It can even put stress on family relationships.

Financial Fundamentals Part 2 September 14, 2021As we discussed in our previous blog, a fundamental dynamic of business is paying attention to the organization’s financial performance and stability, not just for now but sustainably into the future. A reliable method for doing this is through the development of financial and nonfinancial benchmarks. Benchmarking measures performance to track current results and