Town & Country Club21. Breakthrough Ideas

Budget Survival KitBackgroundEvery year when budget time rolls around, our Controller is met with looks of fear and trepidation as she requests forecasts from department heads.

Budget Survival Kit

Kleenex Tissues: For all the sweat and tears that go into deciding what to put into budget and to wipe the tears when it gets handed back with cuts.

Calculator: To help add up all the numbers, especially revenues!

Candy: To help sweeten up a typically sour experience and provide a sugar buzz for those late nights.

Eraser: To help with erasing revenue numbers when told you have to make adjustments.

Pencils: Always do your budget in pencil so you can easily erase and lower expense and labor numbers.

Play Money: To help you add up your revenues, subtract expenses, and hopefully have some left over at the end.

Ibuprofen: To cure the headaches caused by the budget process.

Sominex: To help you avoid the inevitable sleepless nights caused by budgets, we don’t want you lying awake worrying about it.

Toy Soldiers: To help you develop different strategies for your budget allocations.

Jump Rope: To help you jump start yourself when you run out of steam from the long hours working on the budget.

ChallengeTo find a way to put a fun and positive spin on the request for budget numbers from department heads and encourage them to submit their budgets prior to deadline.

SolutionThe Budget Survival Kit! Each department head received a goody bag of items to help them through the budget forecasting process.

ResultsManagers entered the budget process with a positive attitude and turned their numbers in to the controller by deadline!