When it comes to growing your business, success isn’t just about strategy, tools, or talent. Often, what keeps businesses stuck are the bad business habits that seem harmless but can actually hold you back from reaching your full potential. These aren’t just minor bad...
Business performance articles
Operating Profit: Understanding What It Is And How to Calculate It
When it comes to running a successful business, it’s easy to get caught up in sales numbers and gross profit. But here’s the truth: those sales numbers might be hiding a bigger issue, one that could slowly drain your business dry. Operating profit is giving you a...
Small Business Profitability Achieved in Four Steps
Increasing small business profitability is more than just lowering costs or raising prices. It's about achieving a balance between managing costs, optimising processes, and creating value that keeps customers coming back. We all know that running a small business is...
Procrastination: The Art of Delaying Your Way to Success
It’s fair to say that we've all been there, caught red-handed, delaying important tasks for just a bit longer - procrastinating away. And it’s always been frowned upon because it’s a negative thing to do, right? Guilty as charged, right? We’ve been taught that...
Project and Product tracking: Unravelling Profitability
In this discussion, we're going to explore the significance of tracking in running your business. Additionally, we'll be talking about the power of project or product tracking and how it unravels profitability. We'll shed light on the financial...
What are your responsibilities as a company director?
In this I Hate Numbers podcast, we want to explore the multifaceted world of company director responsibilities. As business enthusiasts with over 28 years of experience, we've had the privilege of helping countless entrepreneurs reduce stress, boost...
Why Motivation Is Important for Your Business
Motivation is a potent force that propels both individuals and teams toward success in the business realm. In this week's episode of the "I Hate Numbers" podcast, we delve into four crucial aspects related to motivation. What Exactly is...
Responsibility Center KPIs
Responsibility Center KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) go hand in hand. Just like Gin and Tonic, Horse and Carriage, Pizza and Pineapple!. Managing a business requires constant monitoring and analysis of financial data to ensure optimal performance. Measuring...
Understanding Responsibility Centre KPIs
KPIs for Each Responsibility Centre increases the power of Responsibility Accounting. Numbers are our best business friend, moreover, KPIs are our best buddies. Managing a business comes with many responsibilities, including Firstly, preparing...
Responsibility Accounting Demystified
Responsibility Accounting Demystified: A Straightforward Guide to Success Responsibility accounting holds the key to better financial performance. It improves accountability and streamlines decision-making. Discover the essentials of responsibility accounting and how...
What Is Responsibility Accounting?
Responsibility Accounting: A Comprehensive Guide Responsibility Accounting is a powerful management tool. It holds decision-makers accountable for financial outcomes. This article takes a further look in an easy to understand way. Let's dive into what...
KPIs to use in your business – 10 of them
Are you feeling overwhelmed by the thought of tracking your business’s performance? You don’t have to be! While it can be tricky, understanding what Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track is essential to get a full picture of how your business is doing. When it...
How to measure your business performance
Are you ready to take your business performance measurement to the next level? Then I've got just the video for you! In my I Don't Hate Numbers video, I'm going to explain seven essential things to measure your business performance measurement. This video includes...
Video about measuring business performance
Are you a business owner or manager looking for ways to measure the performance of your business? If so, then this video has all the answers you need! Watching it will teach you how to identify your business goals, choose the right metrics...