Fred Coon, SC&C Chairman, interviews experts about their approach to solving complex problems in the workplace. These 3-minute interviews span a wide range of topics, but are always focused on ways to help you improve your own decision making.
Jim Resha: Chief Ops Officer Expedites Upgrades for CA City
The City of Yorba Linda, CA had existing raw land as well as acquired land and buildings which sat vacant and undeveloped for decades with the intention of creating a town center retail and public gathering destination. Though the City Council members and City… Read More >>
Belinda Tucker: Finance Exec Resolves Conflict & Deadlines
Belinda was working as a bank executive where she managed several operational departments to include Loan Operations. Loan Operations is a busy department where most functions are time sensitive. Loan Ops work with the lenders and customers to ensure loan documents are prepared for… Read More >>
Paulo Reátegui: SMB CEO Reboots Company, Focusses on People
The founder and owner of the business ran the organization as a “one-man show” making all important decisions and limiting growth to what a single person could manage. When the omnibus leader unexpectedly died, clients, employees, and new shareholders needed convincing evidence that the… Read More >>
Rodney Johnson: Chief Financial Manager’s Accounting Overhaul
Chief Financial Planner/Manager, Rodney Johnson, was hired to rebuild oversight to the corporate accounting function, which had been outsourced to an overseas service provider (OSP), and create an internally developed software program in fixed assets. As he started his time there, several substantial problems… Read More >>
Joel Mossburg: $56M Turnaround in 6-Months, Cost Savings 3 Years in a Row & 0% Turnover
Joel Mossburg assumed responsibility for a struggling purchasing organization that was not meeting its annual savings targets. The group also had a high turnover rate, losing more than 25% of its staff each year. The Senior Supply Chain and Finance Executive was micromanaged by… Read More >>
Jeff Hosken: Improving Safety for 9500 employees with a 30% Decrease in Cost
For reasons of safety and based on past incidents, the Indian government requires companies to safely transport female employees working during hours of darkness to and from their homes. Particularly for companies operating Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) centers, this results in most employees being transported… Read More >>
Philip Macey: $175.5M Project Comes to Life, Despite Severe Restrictions
After over a decade, a long sought-after municipal project was finally brought to market, and to the surprise of everyone pursuing, it had changed dramatically. The project had been expanded and would be contracted for in-complex design plus a construction single contract model. “The… Read More >>
Matthew Jones: $40M Increase by Securing Cooperation of Government and Private Sector
“The destination’s promotional budget was driven by tax revenues,” says Senior Management Executive, Matthew Jones. “These capped the amount of annual growth possible. The competition enjoyed more expansive funding giving each a competitive advantage in sales and marketing campaigning.
“I used an existing… Read More >>