Category: Advisory and Consulting

By Michael VanBruaene, Big4.com Guest Blogger

A continuous organization improvement program can be easily implemented and very beneficial using minimal organization resources; and become inherent in your culture and day-to-day activities throughout you organization.

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By Michael VanBruaene, Big4.com Guest Blogger

Improving the production and delivery of your services can positively impact customer satisfaction, competitive advantage and efficiencies.   The key is to identify where to make improvements and which improvements will deliver the greater benefit.  … Continue reading…

By Michael VanBruaene, Big4.com Guest Blogger

Many workplaces employ relatively few people and have substantial ongoing change, along with minimal organization structure and informal work processes.  It’s also normal to “wear many hats” and change work focus with little or … Continue reading…

By Michael VanBruaene, Big4.com Guest Blogger

An organization restructuring will create substantial impacts that can extend throughout the organization and also with external relationships.  It should be evaluated with great care.  When you consider a restructuring apply these factors:

• Establish

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By Michael VanBruaene, Big4.com Guest Blogger

A CEO/executive can have great satisfaction in fixing problems, but it may not be in the best interests of the organization; and a distraction from the important work of leading and directing the organization.… Continue reading…

By Michael VanBruaene, Big4.com Guest Blogger

The objective is the most important element of a successful endeavor; it drives everything.  If not well defined and understood, you will “miss the mark” – you will waste time and resources.  There can … Continue reading…

By Michael VanBruaene, Big4.com Guest Blogger

CEO’s and Executives should annually evaluate their performance in key organizational areas; and also plan for the upcoming year.   How did the organization improve in these key areas; and how do you plan to … Continue reading…

By Michael VanBruaene, Big4.com Guest Blogger

A continuous organization improvement program can be easily implemented and very beneficial using minimal organization resources.  It’s important that you establish a continuous improvement program; not assume that improvement suggestions and efforts will appear … Continue reading…

By Rob Starr, Content Manager, Big4.com

WeiserMazars , a leading accounting, tax and advisory services firm, today announced that former Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Newark Division Michael D. Schulstad has joined its New … Continue reading…

By Michael VanBruaene, Big4.com Guest Blogger

You should be using performance measures to gauge how well your organization is doing, more specifically you should be measuring effectiveness – how well you are achieving your objectives; and efficiency – how well … Continue reading…

By Michael VanBruaene, Big4.com Guest Blogger

When conducted correctly a consulting project interview will result in more than just useful information directly linked to a question or a form to be completed.  Properly conducted interviews will go a long way … Continue reading…

By Michael VanBruaene, Big4.com Guest Blogger

Management positions on the front lines of your organization are a very important resource and require attention and resources tailored to their important role.  Therefore, it’s important that methods are in-place to support and … Continue reading…

By Michael VanBruaene, Big4.com Guest Blogger

Startups, with their very necessary focus on funding, product/service development, and sales tend to overlook fundamental management practices that can support their efforts to be successful.  Management practices important for startups include:

• Think-through and

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By Michael VanBruaene, Big4.com Guest Blogger

Measuring various aspects of your organization’s performance requires the transformation of data into useful “knowledge” for decision-making. Most organization’s find it relatively easy to measure financial performance as there are commonly accepted principles and … Continue reading…