
How To Know If You’re Making Progress (Even When It Doesn’t Feel Like It)
At Clear Action Business Advisors, we regularly work with leaders who feel unsure about their progress, even when they’re doing far more than they realize.

At Clear Action Business Advisors, we regularly work with leaders who feel unsure about their progress, even when they’re doing far more than they realize.

At Clear Action Business Advisors, we work closely with CFOs and leadership teams who want to turn strategy into measurable progress. The CFO’s guide to

Why execution fails absent a measurable plan is that teams don’t have clear steps, goals, and means of measuring progress. When plans don’t use numbers

By aligning financial resources with your growth goals, I mean matching the way you use money to what you want to accomplish as a business

At Clear Action Business Advisors, we see firsthand that business accountability is about really knowing who is driving the results. In almost all work clusters,

5 metrics that keep you focused on what matters provide specific means to measure progress and eliminate clutter in information-intensive work. Focusing on these key

Turning vision into action in a business usually means your CFO has to shepherd the plan from concept to concrete steps. At Clear Action Business

About how to set financial targets that actually drive behavior, meaning clear, simple goals that people can act on immediately. Good targets correspond to genuine

Clear Action Business Advisors understands why so many small businesses struggle to execute their plans, and how to help owners finally move from ideas to

Clear Action Business Advisors helps businesses turn strategic goals into actionable results. Goal implementation in business refers to converting established objectives into tangible action and
With 27 years of experience, Joel S. Smith, CPA helps business owners make sense of their finances and drive profitability. A UC Berkeley grad with a Master’s in Taxation, he’s a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA).
Joel has worked across industries like real estate, construction, and professional services. As a member of the CFO Project, he provides business owners with the clarity and strategy they need to grow.


