What comes to mind when you hear the term financial management? Maybe it makes you feel anxious or confused. If so, please don’t! Like any other business activity, managing your company’s finances can be broken down into smaller, repeatable, and actionable steps. Taking these steps will erase worries and help ensure that this part of your business runs smoothly.

Society teaches us that wanting lots of money is bad. Think of old Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, for example. He certainly isn’t viewed favorably as he greedily counts and hoards all of his riches, refusing to help those less fortunate than him. Indeed, being a miser at the expense of others is not at all good. But ensuring that your business is profitable so you can consistently pay your employees what they’re worth? This is what the Profit First methodology is all about – creating sustainable businesses that put their people first.