The 2026 Growth Blueprint: What Operational Upgrades Field-Service Companies Need Before January 1

2026 Will Reward Planning, Not Hustle Most field-service owners don’t have a motivation problem. They have a structure problem. By the time January hits, the same pattern shows up again: overloaded crews, thin margins, unpredictable cash flow, and an owner stuck making decisions in real time with incomplete data. 2026 won’t be forgiving to businesses […]

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2026 Profitability Reset: How Field-Service Companies Can Turn Job Data Into Financial Clarity

You’re Sitting on the Answers But Not Using Them Field-service companies generate a staggering amount of data every single day. Job times. Material usage. Callbacks. Technician schedules. Overtime. Travel gaps. Most owners assume that data lives purely in operations. Necessary, but tactical. That assumption is expensive. Because when job-level data never makes it into financial […]

Technician reviewing year end job performance data to improve next season’s workflow.

Beyond the Busy Season: Turning Last Year’s Lessons into Next Year’s Edge

The end of the busy season tricks a lot of owners. When the last job is done and the phones finally slow down, the instinct is to breathe and wrap up the year. But if your goal is more profit, smoother workflows, and healthier cash flow next year, this moment is not a wrap up […]

Purpose, Profit & Performance with Pam Meisner

Pam Meissner, CFO/COO at CathCap, joined co-hosts David Meltzer and Rhett Power on episode #797 of Soul of Business Office Hours to explore the keys to business success, leadership, and human performance. Also featured on the episode was Mark Harris, CEO & Co-founder of HeroWear, who shared how innovative exosuit technology can reduce back strain, […]

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The Case for Reflection: Why Law Firm Growth Stalls After Success

The Plateau Problem: When Momentum Masks Stagnation Every successful law firm reaches a moment where the graph flattens. Revenue steadies between $5M and $10M, partners are busier than ever, and on paper, everything looks great. Yet underneath the surface, something shifts. Growth slows. Margins tighten. The firm is running harder—but not necessarily running better. We […]

Right People, Right Seats: The Hidden Profit Killer in Your Business with Pam Meissner

When profit starts to slip, most business owners look to cut costs or push sales harder. But what if the biggest drain on your bottom line isn’t in your P&L, it’s in your people? Our own Pam Meissner, COO and CFO here at CathCap, joined host Rocky Lalvani on the Profit Answer Man Podcast to […]

What Progress Really Looks Like (and Why It’s Not Always Profit)

We’ve seen it more times than we can count: A leadership team finishes a brutal quarter, opens up the numbers, and… there’s no major profit bump. They sigh. They frown. They wonder if all the hard work meant anything at all. But here’s the thing we’ve learned after working with dozens of companies in all […]

The Emotional ROI of Financial Leadership

Every business has numbers. But the strongest ones? They have leadership behind the numbers. We don’t talk about it enough, but financial leadership does more than keep the books clean or the board happy. It creates emotional stability in times of strategic pressure. Think about it: How often are your biggest decisions driven not just […]

The Resilience Scorecard: How to Measure Business Continuity Readiness

You can’t build resilience during a crisis. That part has to come before. And yet, most leadership teams don’t know how resilient they actually are—until something breaks. A vendor goes dark. Cash runs dry. A key decision-maker goes offline. Suddenly, it’s fire drill mode. And you’re left asking, “How did we not see this coming?” […]

Cash Flow Isn’t Profit—And That Confusion Is Costing You

It’s easy to assume that if there’s money in the bank, the business must be doing fine. But here’s the problem: cash flow and profit aren’t the same thing. And treating them like they are? That’s where a lot of smart businesses get tripped up.  We’ve worked with firms that were “profitable” on paper but […]

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