Cendrowski Corporate Advisors: How an operational assessment can help an organization identify risk
Challenging times present opportunities for organizations to perform detailed assessments of their operations. Performing operational assessments can help organizations identify, mitigate and take advantage of the risks that they face. These assessments focus on process design and execution risks. “When properly performed, operational assessments identify areas where process design and execution risks are not aligned […]
Going the organic way
The Summit of Sustainability Awards Winner Small Business CategoryMs. Julie’s Kitchen When it comes to the grassroots level for the wisest practices for not only being a steward of the environment but of the health of the community, Julie Costell is on the cutting edge. The owner of Ms. Julie’s Kitchen, a vegetarian restaurant that […]
Moss Adams LLP: How fair value reporting is hitting your company’s books
Accounting is the language of business. People use it to make decisions about the past and devise a plan to carry them forward. With the continuing emergence of fair value reporting on financial instruments, accounting no longer just looks back at what you paid, it values those assets today. “Say you’re putting money into your […]
How top executives procure success
Twelve years ago, EY decided to go global with its Entrepreneur Of The Year awards and establish the World Entrepreneur Of The Year program — and the results have been, shall we say, an international success. The conference, held annually in Monaco, features Entrepreneur Of The Year country winners competing for the World Entrepreneur Of […]
Listen, learn and lead: retired Navy Adm. Mike Mullen talks about being in command
Leaders often talk about how the traits of accountability and transparency helped make them who they are, but to retired Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, who served as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for four years under President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama, leadership is quite simply how you listen, learn and lead.
Beyond conversion
Consider this business scenario: You’ve landed a big account for your company by converting a highly prized prospect into a valuable client. The new client has hired you to handle a specific scope of work and is counting on your team’s ability to deliver work that goes above and beyond. While nothing is more important […]
Watch your margin
You would think someone like Douglas Merrill would be a heavy multitasker, with multiple devices in hand, fielding several conversations — both real and virtual — simultaneously. But you would be wrong. Merrill, who was the CIO at Google until 2008, doesn’t like to multitask. He says that when you do it, you aren’t using […]
Is your next big thing built to last?
My 7-year-old son Cole recently gave me a Rainbow Loom bracelet, which is made of linked rubber bands. It is today’s school-age children’s craze, and Novi, Michigan-based Choon’s Design LLC is churning out the kits at a record pace. With more than 1 million units sold in the last 24 months, Rainbow Loom is the […]
Lee Ellis: Four healthy ways to improve business reputation and results
In Patrick Lencioni’s latest book “The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business,” he points out that the greatest competitive advantage you can have is to be a healthy organization. He’s right. So what exactly does that look like? Well, let’s take a closer look at the other side of the coin — […]
November Movers and Shakers – People and companies making a difference in Northeast Ohio
EY recently announced promotions of seven professionals based in its Northeast Ohio offices. Doug Campbell was promoted to partner. He is a member of EY’s Transaction Advisory Services practice. Campbell has more than nine years of experience serving private equity and corporate clients on the buy and sell sides, and he has extensive carve-out divestiture experience […]