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Clean financials are the foundation for better business decisions. Learn why monthly reporting, accurate data, and finance meetings are critical to growth.

There are many ways we can get people to buy from us. We can rely on charm, charisma, or sex appeal. We can lowball our offers. We can focus on volume and ignore terrible conversion rates. We can play on our customer’s impulsivity, FOMO, and general anxieties. But that’s not how you probably want to sell

Modern business thought has a clear hierarchy: strategy over tactics. If you are not strategic in your approach, you don’t know where you’re headed or what you’re trying to achieve. As a result, tactics leave you aimless, or spinning your wheels, or working much, much harder than you need to.

I love concerts. The energy in the crowd, the songs I’ve heard thousands of times before, and the musicians. These incredible artists, many of whom I’ve been watching and listening to for decades. And every time I see some of my favorite bands, I think, “They still sound amazing. How is that possible?”

Crews & co. and clients land a spot on the Inc. 5000. Find out where we landed.

The C-suite was frustrated.‍They had been running regular quarterly meetings for years. Leadership was aligned. They implemented OKRs at the senior level and had seen positive results in the business.‍Then they rolled out OKRs to the rest of the organization.

When you ask your leadership team a question, here’s an easy way to tell if they’re giving the right response.‍How long does it take to get an answer?‍If you ask a question like, “Are we on track with this initiative?” you should get a yes or no answer.

Every so often, I come across a company that just gets all the fundamentals right.‍The last perfect business I featured was a firewood stand that sold bundles of wood for five bucks.‍Today, I want to tell you about the guys at Royal Nautiq.

I press hard on holding team members accountable, especially senior leaders. Accountability must be embedded into a company’s culture. Otherwise, the other work—the vision, the strategy, the planning—doesn’t amount to much.