Entries from May 2009 ↓

capital lease vs. operating lease?

The other day a client of mine was asked if they had any capital leases and how they had accounted for it on the balance sheet, with supporting schedules.  This is a classic auditor question and led to a conversation around:
what is the difference between a capital lease and an operating lease?
Well, the Government of [...]

corporate approval matrix?

Here at Business Ready we feel strongly about your feedback - both good and bad.  We recently received the following feedback from a reader on the Approval Matrix template: “it provides no valuable insight on what to include, it is very basic and high level.“  Which got me thinking:
what makes a good approval matrix and [...]

the value of intelligence

The other day I was sitting in a management meeting and we were discussing certain traits we were looking for in a position we were about to hire for.  Top of my list is always intelligence and I said as such.
Wendy, of course they’ll be smart.  We only want the best, type a players!
I didn’t [...]