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LeadershipThe Interim CFO's First 90 Days
When a company brings in an interim or fractional CFO — after a departure, in a transition, or under financial stress — the first 90 days set the trajectory. A stage-by-stage look at what a seasoned interim finance chief actually does, and in what order.
LeadershipThe Two Companies That Need a Fractional CFO
One is growing faster than its financial discipline can keep up with. The other has lost its footing. They look like opposite problems, and they call for the same work: financial strategy the leadership team can act on, and enough stability underneath it to act.
LeadershipFractional CFO vs. Full-Time CFO: How to Decide
The choice between a fractional CFO and a full-time hire is not about company size. It is about whether the finance work is episodic or continuous — and what happens on the days nobody is watching.
Firm NewsVeteran Cleveland CFO Brian S. Kenyon Joins Inglewood
Inglewood welcomes veteran Cleveland CFO Brian S. Kenyon, the finance leader behind the $100M Gravitas sale and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's turnaround.
Firm NewsHigher Education Consulting Veteran Tim Novotny Joins Inglewood
Tim Novotny brings more than 45 years of higher education and not-for-profit experience to Inglewood's Higher Education Services Group.
LeadershipThe Briefest of Management Philosophies
John Lane distills a career of turnaround work into a four-word management philosophy: life is too short. Here is why it holds up under pressure.
HealthcareIt's About the Doctors, Stupid
Patient trust in physicians has fallen further and faster than most people realize. The fix is not another model imposed on doctors from the outside — it starts with asking them why they joined the profession, and then removing the work that has nothing to do with the answer.
Firm NewsRita Sherwood Joins Inglewood as a Senior Partner
Rita Sherwood brings 30-plus years of operations consulting experience to Inglewood, strengthening the firm's management and value-creation work.
LeadershipListen to Your Angel: Coping With Business Failure and Despair
A reflection on the quiet epidemic of deaths of despair, and why business owners facing collapse are rarely as alone as they feel.
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