Tag: Bookkeeping

  • The Pumpkin Plan Tidbit – Processes Drive Improvement

    The Pumpkin Plan Tidbit – Processes Drive Improvement

    Last week we shared about what the pumpkin plan is and a broad overview. This week, let’s take a look at a small piece of what it means to successfully get your business moving in the right direction. This happens through the use of processes (and this is key) that can be taught to others.…

  • Tools We Like – Profit First

    Tools We Like – Profit First

    In the last post, we discussed the business operating system that we use, EOS.  This week, we want to look at what we are using to help keep the financials in line.  This tool does not merely give us a framework and picture to see and evaluate where our money goes; it also allows us…

  • Deitz Consulting Core Value #5 – Familial

    Deitz Consulting Core Value #5 – Familial

    It started with a family. We were having a baby and the workload had to shift from an office to home. Phyllis was going to continue to work from home.  At the time, there was primarily one “client” as she was an independent contractor now. She worked from home and took care of our first…

  • Deitz Consulting Core Value #4 – Experienced

    Deitz Consulting Core Value #4 – Experienced

    We are moving right along the core value train.  We have covered: Integrity Caring Detail-Attentive We arrive at the fourth of our five core values today.  That value is that the team is experienced.  One of the stories of our business coming into existence is that it was something that we were already doing. Deitz…

  • Deitz Consulting Core Value #3 – Detail-Attentive

    Deitz Consulting Core Value #3 – Detail-Attentive

    We sat in a semi-private booth at Blue Baker.  We had a list of several words in front of us.  Many of them, you see in business mission statements all the time.  Some were unique, but we were hunting for the terms that mattered to us and those that mattered to our clients.  Where did…

  • Deitz Consulting Core Value #2 – Caring

    Deitz Consulting Core Value #2 – Caring

    Caring is a word that can be used in a lot of different ways.  At Deitz Consulting, when we sat down to define our core values, it was one of those words that we honestly felt was a little cliched.  We looked for a better word to use.  One that might be bigger or more…