About this episode

Steve Coughran discusses the critical first step he takes when addressing struggling businesses, emphasizing the importance of financial visibility.

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check Financial Intelligence Toolkit When Steve walks into a struggling business, people expect him to start with leadership, culture, or strategy. He never does. In this episode he walks through the one thing he fixes first in every struggling business, why everything else is pointless without it, and what it actually looks like when a business finally has real financial visibility versus jus...

People in this episode

Host: Steve Coughran

Topics covered

• financial visibility
• business strategy
• cash management
• financial health
• leadership
• business culture

Keywords

• financial health check
• cash flow
• business struggles
• financial toolkit
• business management

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