1) Benchmarking: Analyze three years financial history and compare your company's financial performance to financial statement ratios for similar size companies (assets, sales revenues) in your specific industry (SIC code or NAICS code). This information is derived directly from over 5 million corporate tax returns collected by the IRS. More Info

2) Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP). "The CTP designation is the industry's most recognized certification of experienced and skilled turnaround professionals," said ACTP Chairman Anthony M. Bergen, CTP. "It is a mark of distinction for professionals who have demonstrated their commitment to the corporate renewal industry and to a high standard of excellence and integrity."

3) Serve as interim, part-time or startup CFO for companies that don't have a full-time need. Help start-ups: create a profitable business model; develop financial projections; secure bank financing; setup accounting system. More Info


4) Develop, communicate and implement: "business turnaround" actions required for growth or survival; organizational restructuring; customer/product line profitability analysis. Member of Turnaround Management Association. More Info


5) Provide on-line employee capability assessments that identify work behavior and time management strengths and "opportunities". The assessments take less than 30 minutes to complete and provide 20+ page reports detailing specific actions that will improve skills and performance. More Info


6) Conduct video-based training seminars, on-site or off-site. Training programs include: leadership, time management, negotiation, communication, managing customer relations, understanding financial statements. More Info


7) Plug cash flow drains (collect receivables faster, reduce inventory levels). More Info


8) Identify the most profitable products and customers, and focus resources to support them.


9) Implement time management techniques to improve central services effectiveness for HR, customer service, administration, accounting and IT departments.


10) Implement simple processes or systems that provide information from which you can make decisions (and won't cost you an arm and a leg…).


11) Prepare financial projections and assist with obtaining financing.