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Cash / Power of One Meeting Template

Scaling Up 90 min Monthly Finance lead and leadership team (3-8 people)

The cash meeting puts the leadership team's attention on the single resource a growing company runs out of first: cash. Using the Power of One model, the team tests how small changes to seven levers move cash, then attacks the biggest bottleneck. This cash and Power of One meeting template is based on the Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits) model by Verne Harnish.

When to use it

Run it monthly, or more often when cash is tight or growth is fast. Growth consumes cash, so the faster you scale the more this meeting matters. Use it to understand your Cash Conversion Cycle, find where cash gets stuck, and decide which lever to pull this quarter.

Who attends

The finance lead plus a small slice of the leadership team, usually three to eight people. Keep it tight and include the people who can actually move price, costs, receivables, or inventory.

How to run it

Begin with the current cash position and trend. Walk the Cash Conversion Cycle to see how long a dollar takes to return as collected cash. Then run the Power of One: change each of the seven levers by a single percentage point or one day and watch the cash effect. From there, name the biggest bottleneck and the lever with the most upside, and commit to specific actions with owners and dates. The meeting flows from understanding the cycle to choosing where to act.

Facilitator tips

  • Model one lever at a time so the team sees each effect clearly.
  • Focus on the Cash Conversion Cycle, not just the bank balance.
  • Pick one or two levers to act on rather than chasing all seven.
  • Track the same metrics each month to see real movement.

Common mistakes

  • Watching only the bank balance and ignoring the cycle behind it.
  • Trying to pull all seven levers at once and moving none of them.
  • Leaving without an owner on any cash action.
  • Skipping the meeting in good times, then scrambling when cash gets tight.

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Agenda

90 minutes total · 5 sections

  1. Cash position review 15 min
    Review current cash on hand, the cash trend, and any near-term cash risks or large commitments.
  2. Cash Conversion Cycle 20 min
    Walk through the Cash Conversion Cycle: how long it takes a dollar spent to come back as cash collected.
  3. Power of One levers 25 min
    Test the seven levers of cash (price, volume, COGS, overhead, receivables, payables, inventory) one percentage point at a time to see the cash impact.
  4. Bottlenecks and opportunities 20 min
    Identify the biggest bottleneck in the cycle and the lever with the most upside this quarter.
  5. Actions and owners 10 min
    Commit to specific cash-improvement actions with owners and dates, and decide what to track next month.

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