The Dismal Financial IQ of US Managers

Our experience over the years has shown us that the vast majority of managers and leaders in Fortune 1000 companies have deficiencies in their basic financial knowledge. We spend most of our time teaching managers and leaders in corporate America how to read their own financial statements, understand key financial … Read More

The collapse of Lehman Brothers one year ago this week has us asking ourselves what principles of financial intelligence we can learn from Lehman’s failure. The financial crisis that engulfed Wall Street and the economy in general, after all, provides a good backdrop for some important lessons. 1. Too much … Read More

Everyone is proclaiming the importance of transparency. It’s mentioned in the Wall Street Journal almost daily and we hear it promoted in the quarterly earnings calls of Fortune 500 companies. To be financially transparent a company must present financials that an outsider can easily read and understand. The numbers should … Read More

The highly controversial practice of expensing stock options comes up frequently when we are training managers. Understanding options and how they impact financial statements is part of becoming financially intelligent. Some believe that expensing stock options helps to more truly represent a company’s financial standing; thus it’s appropriate. Others believe … Read More

CIT, a company that specializes in providing lending, advisory and leasing services to small and middle market businesses — was in trouble last month. Short on cash and with no help in sight, the largest small business lender in the US was considering bankruptcy. That would spell disaster for small … Read More

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