08/28/2026
There is one function of an owner that can never be delegated.
Many entrepreneurs are convinced that they delegated it a long time ago—to the executive director, CFO, commercial director, or sometimes all of them at once. And then they wonder why, after a year or two, the company starts operating in a completely different way than originally intended.
Recently, I was preparing a new webinar and wanted to talk about what destroys the financial planning system. I listed dozens of reasons and recalled dozens of companies I had worked with over twenty years. And suddenly, I realized that behind all these problems stands one person.
The owner.
Not because they are a bad leader. But because only the owner has the authority to choose the company’s management system and the power to demand that it be followed and continuously improved.
A CFO can build an excellent financial model, and the team can follow all the procedures. But none of them has the authority to say, “Starting today, we are going to operate according to these rules.” That right belongs only to the owner. And with it comes the responsibility to ensure that the system does not turn into a mere formality.
That is why the webinar is called: “10 Actions of an Owner Without Which the Standard Technology of Financial Management Gradually Loses Its Effectiveness.”
I’ll reveal one of the points: “When Strategy Is Not Aligned with Tactics.”
Often, the owner and the team calculate the break-even point, set annual goals, hold a strategic session—and then everyone returns to their daily tasks. Managers put out fires, while the required income remains a beautiful number in a presentation. Nobody is necessarily doing anything wrong; their decisions simply do not move the company closer to its goal.
Because strategy without daily tactics is nothing more than an intention.
You can control the number of actions, but you cannot control income directly. And connecting strategy with everyday tactics is the owner’s responsibility.
There will be ten such actions in the webinar. They are not about heroics or living in the operational side of the business. They are about what no one except the owner can do: keep the management system alive.
Graduates of my programs, register for the webinar in the chat. If you’re not there, write in the comments.
In the photo are the business owners I have personally worked with.
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