Photo credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg via Flickr Being a CEO isn’t easy. It’s a role that can be hard to define at times, and with a hand in everything from marketing to financing, many CEOs end up drowning themselves in too much work to really invest time where they’re…

The buzz of excitement in the ball park…the cheering crowds…the smell of hot dogs…the crack of the bat…doesn’t it all just remind you of your company’s budgeting and forecasting process? Wait, what? Yep, believe it or not, budgeting and baseball actually have a lot in common. Especially when your business…

The media furor over the Disney movie Frozen may have died down somewhat – but at my house, the frenzy has not died down one bit. My four-year-old daughter is constantly singing songs from this instant classic – and I mean constantly. I’d say just about every parent out there…

Summer is fast approaching, and when the weather gets warmer, it’s always fun to have a few recipes on hand that don’t require heating up the house with the oven – especially when those recipes are for dessert! One of my summer favorites is the no-bake haystack cookie, a deliciously…

When you search online for quotes about business budgets, you find a lot of strikingly similar statements: “Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” ― Joe Biden “The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of…

Admit it – you were a Monopoly junkie when you were a kid. All those properties to buy, all those houses and hotels to build…and all that money to play around with. Who wouldn’t be enamored of a game that lets you get rich quick, over and over again? But…

Whether you like it or not, the budget is something that must be done on a yearly, if not ongoing, basis. If you’re not in finance, budgeting is going to be the last thing on your mind, but it is essential that everyone contributes in order to get the most…

 How To Move Columns Into Rows (And Vice-Versa) Excel Tips and Tricks We’re getting back to basics with Excel- the tool we all love and hate. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting different tips and tricks in Microsoft Excel that will hopefully make your life easier. Often times…

How Can You Eliminate Updating Your Chart In Different Documents? We’re getting back to basics with Excel- the tool we all love and hate. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting different tips and tricks in Microsoft Excel that will hopefully make your life easier. Let’s say you want…

Data Collection True Sky is more than just a traditional corporate performance management (CPM) tool. It can also help facilitate and structure any type of data capture process you have within your organization. In many organizations, data is captured and stored either in individual spreadsheets or in emails. For instance, maybe…