Your Personal Economic Life Cycle
From birth to death, money influences every stage of life. Heather Ogilvie examines the Personal Economic Life Cycle and shares why financial education matters through Ogilvie Advisory Education's Executive Education and Business Basics programmes.
Your Relationship With Money Starts Before You Are Born
Most money problems are not really about money. In this article by Heather Ogilvie, discover how your relationship with money is shaped by family beliefs, self-worth, confidence and inherited patterns, and why understanding that relationship could transform your financial future.
Help! My Business Is In Financial Trouble. What Should I Do?
Help! My business is in financial trouble. Learn how to assess cash flow, review costs, improve profitability and make informed decisions before financial pressures become a business crisis. By Heather Ogilvie, Ogilvie Advisory.
Top Down or Bottom Up? How Do You Price Your Products?
Top down or bottom up? Learn how to price your products properly, understand your true costs, assess market pricing and improve profitability with insights from Heather Ogilvie and Ogilvie Advisory.
Before We Tax The Rich, We Must Understand Where Wealth Comes From
Tax debates often focus on redistribution. This article explores a more fundamental question: how is wealth created in the first place, and what drives long-term prosperity?
Understanding The Different Types Of Finance Roles
Finance is far more than bookkeeping and accounts. Discover the different types of finance roles, from statutory and commercial finance to systems, strategy, treasury and business transformation.
How To Turn Around A Business
Business turnaround specialist Heather Ogilvie shares the seven fundamentals of business recovery, including people dynamics, profitability, cash flow management and practical leadership action.
10 Things Every Manufacturing Finance Director Must Understand
Discover the 10 commercial realities every Manufacturing Finance Director must understand, from product costing and yield to working capital, forecasting, supply chains and cash flow. Learn how great finance leaders drive business performance beyond the numbers.
Money Is Objective. Money Is Subjective. Money Is Perspective.
Most conversations about money focus on the numbers. But money is far more complex than that. Money is objective. Money is subjective. Money is perspective.
Commercial Understanding Is About Far More Than Numbers
True commercial understanding is about understanding how an idea becomes something valuable that another human being is willing to pay for, whilst ensuring the business itself remains financially healthy in the process.
Cash Flow Never Lies
Cash tells you what is really happening operationally inside an organisation. This is why I believe every senior leader, not only finance teams, should develop a strong understanding of cash flow and cash movement within their organisation.