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Why Working Hard Isn’t Fixing Your Business | Ep 217

Strategy Meets Finance · 2026-02-26 · 7 min

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Performance managementbusiness strategyKPIsbusiness growthfinancial clarity

Episode notes

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check Financial Intelligence Toolkit Working 60 hours a week. Missing dinners. Grinding nonstop. And still losing money. Steve shares a story about a frustrated president who was doing everything he could to turn around his division, but nothing was changing. The harder he worked, the worse it felt. The real issue was not effort. It was a lack of clarity around what actually drives results. When you confuse activity for outcomes, you burn out. When you focus on the few levers that truly move the numbers, everything starts to shift. If you feel like you are pushing hard but not getting traction, this one mindset change can completely alter your business and your life. _______________________________________ Disclaimer: The views expressed here are those of the individual Coltivar Group, LLC (“Coltivar”) personnel quoted and are not the views of Coltivar or its affiliates. Certain information contained in here has been obtained from third-party sources.

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