Brixey & Meyer Blog

You have properly Analyzed Yourself and Prepared for Change and are ready to begin evaluating software solutions. Now what?

Topics: Insider, Takeaways, values, creative, brixey and meyer, Business Advisory, Business Technology, Jon Trunk, Technology

As a BDO alliance member, we get to pass along industry specific letters to ensure you stay ahead of in-depth updates and thought leadership in your industry. We want you to understand how your organization or organizations that you serve are impacted. 

Topics: brixey and meyer, Nonprofit, Update, BDO

The majority of the clients I serve are businesses that are experiencing growth. While growth for a business is exciting, it can also be overwhelming if your processes can’t keep up with the demand. The processes that worked well for your $10M business, often don’t work when you’re a $40M business, and the processes that worked for your $40M business, often don’t work when you’re a $100M business, and so on.

Topics: Insider, Takeaways, values, creative, brixey and meyer, Business Advisory, Scott Kenney, Growth

We are so excited to introduce you to Steve, our newest team member! He is our HR Manager, making things happen in Dayton on the daily!   

Topics: Insider, Accounting, Meet Us Monday, culture, dayton, career, ohio, HR, Human Resources

As a business consultant, my work involves helping businesses assess and solve problems, to put it simply. Broadly speaking, I find effective solutions for them to redefine their status quo. To do this successfully, consultants have their unique set of tools to challenge and guide businesses. These include steering businesses to be introspective in order to perform an accurate current state assessment, to gain focus and continually refocus on a vision, and to implement incremental, strategic changes in order to break the bad habits that are preventing them from reaching their goals.

Topics: Insider, Takeaways, values, creative, brixey and meyer, Business Advisory, Rachel Graves, problem solving, Business Consultant

For purposes of strategy development & execution, I'm defining doctrines as what you believe to be true about your markets, your organization and your opportunities. These fundamental beliefs serve as the foundation of your organization. And more than anything else, your doctrines will define your organization's destiny. 

Topics: Insider, Strategic Planning, Takeaways, values, creative, brixey and meyer, Greg Meredith, Sales, Strategy, Business Advisory

I recently shared thoughts about some important First Steps in Selecting Business Technology. Upon successfully readying your organization and setting a good foundation for the project, it is critically important to perform the necessary introspection before engaging with any vendors. Ignore those calls and emails until you have done the following:

Topics: Insider, Takeaways, values, creative, brixey and meyer, Business Advisory, Business Technology, Jon Trunk

Over the last decade, the Business Productivity Software market has been flooded with new offerings. Cloud distribution has removed many barriers to entry, and as a result, new players are flowing in. This is good for those seeking to improve their business processes through technology, but also makes for an overwhelming task when wading through all the options and picking the right solutions.  

Topics: Insider, Takeaways, values, creative, brixey and meyer, Business Advisory, Scott Kenney, Business Technology, Cloud Solutions, Software

Two weeks ago I had the privilege of spending a full day investing in myself. I learned from leaders across the globe who have paved the way before me and were willing to share their stories and lessons on how I can lead myself more effectively, so that I may lead others. Learning new perspectives and valuable tips for self-evaluation and growth fueled my fire.  

Topics: Insider, BUSINESS PLANNING STRATEGY, Strategic Planning, Accounting, cpa, dayton cpa, cincinnati cpa, Takeaways, culture, values, brixey and meyer, miranda hawk, ohio, Leader, Leadership Advisory, Marketing, Business Advisory, Leadercast

Honing your communication and soft skills is not easy to do. Oftentimes the average employee figures out what works for them and sticks to it due to habit, time constraint or maybe simply because they don't see the need to change. I find myself having to intentionally set aside small pockets of time away from new projects and clients in order to even think about what I need to improve, let alone going about actually improving those things. 

Topics: Insider, Takeaways, values, creative, brixey and meyer, Business Advisory, Community Activism, Rachel Graves, Volunteer