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A manufacturer carrying a material on the shop floor

Actual Cogent client

Leadership, Operational efficiency, People, Quality of Life, Strategy

5 minutes read

· 1 week ago

The ultimate test: Can your leadership team operate without you?

A business advisor high-fiving office members

Actual Cogent client

Business Development, Cash Flow, Operational efficiency, Strategy

5 minutes read

· 2 months ago

What does a business advisor do? (And is it worth it?)

A manufacturing employee on the shop floor

Actual Cogent client

Leadership, Operational efficiency, People, Strategy

5 minutes read

· 2 months ago

Why business owners always feel busy

Two men meeting at a desk with a computer screen between them.

Actual Cogent client

AI, Operational efficiency, Strategy

9 minutes read

· 2 months ago

AI is a business decision, not a science project

Actual Cogent client

Financial Planning, Measurement, Sales, Strategy

7 minutes read

· 4 months ago

Winning profitable work in a race-to-the-bottom market

Two women work together in a modern office, seen through a glass wall with reflections. One woman sits at a desk looking at a computer while the other stands beside her, leaning in; shelves, plants, and personal items fill the background.

Actual Cogent client

Strategy, Business Analytics

3 minutes read

· 8 months ago

Our position on the AI revolution

A low-angle view of a worker with a large equipment backpack climbing a metal ladder toward a bright roof hatch in an unfinished utility space.

Actual Cogent client

Strategy, Business Development, Leadership, Strategic Planning

7 minutes read

· 8 months ago

Taking strategic planning to the next level

A business owner shared a story with me recently that immediately felt familiar. One of their customers decided it was time to grow. They entered a new market, stepped away from their core, and tried to become something else.

A woman in a blue sweater sits at an office desk and looks up to engage in a conversation with a colleague standing just out of frame.

Actual Cogent client

Marketing, Sales, Strategy

5 minutes read

· 9 months ago

On the platform: A deep dive on LinkedIn Strategy for small & mid-size businesses

A young man with long hair tied back stands in a warehouse and carefully folds or organizes a stack of large white paper bags on a flat surface.

Actual Cogent client

Finance, Business Development, Cash Flow, Financial Planning, Strategic Planning, Strategy

3 minutes read

· 9 months ago

How to improve cash flow when business growth takes place

Actual Cogent client

Finance, Cash Flow, Financial Planning, Strategy

5 minutes read

· 9 months ago

Mastering cash flow: Essential strategies for business success

Lee-Smith Inc, Chattanooga, TN. man on the phone looking our for customers with another employee in the background.

Actual Cogent client

Sales, Branding, Marketing, Strategy

5 minutes read

· 9 months ago

Want more sales? Improve your brand identity

Cold Edge Technologies, Allentown, PA. 2 guys by the machine working

Actual Cogent client

Sales, Branding, Business Development, Business partnerships, Strategic Planning, Strategy

4 minutes read

· 9 months ago