<![CDATA[Trade Credit & Liquidity Management: Bookshelf]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/s/bookshelfhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G16N!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd30ec4a5-eb1c-4b30-974a-bc93ccff883a_1078x1078.pngTrade Credit & Liquidity Management: Bookshelfhttps://tradecredit.substack.com/s/bookshelfSubstackSun, 10 May 2026 07:27:18 GMT<![CDATA[Collect the Cash]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/collect-the-cash-by-dee-bowdenhttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/collect-the-cash-by-dee-bowdenFri, 01 May 2026 12:03:39 GMT“Collect the Cash” by Dee Bowden is a must-read for trade credit and collection practitioners seeking practical strategies to turn overdue invoices into reliable revenue. Drawing from her decade-plus experience recovering over $100 million in outstanding debts, Bowden transforms the often-dreaded collections process into an approachable skill anyone can master.

The book revolves around Bowden’s proven 4 Keys to Collect the Cash:

  1. Problem-solving

  2. Customer service

  3. Expressing gratitude

  4. Relationship building

Readers learn to uncover the “what had happened was” stories behind late payments—whether disputes, cash flow issues, or overlooked invoices—and address them professionally without burning bridges. This framework equips practitioners with scripts and mindsets to recover funds efficiently, as demonstrated by Bowden’s real-world feats, such as pulling in $6 million in 60 days and recovering $7.5 million in unused federal funds.

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Real-World Lessons

Trade credit pros will gain actionable insights on treating collections as customer service, such as listening first, offering payment plans, and thanking clients upon payment to foster loyalty. You’ll discover how to shorten the typical 45 to 90-day payment delays crippling B2B cash flow. Personal anecdotes make the advice relatable, showing beginners and veterans alike how to avoid having to write off recoverable revenue.

Beyond theory, Collect the Cash provides a blueprint for sustainable AR success, helping you protect relationships while boosting income. This is vital since 82% of small businesses fail due to cash flow gaps. Dive in, and you’ll walk away ready to implement changes that plug revenue leaks immediately.

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]]><![CDATA[A Guide to Trade Credit Insurance]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/a-guide-to-trade-credit-insurancehttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/a-guide-to-trade-credit-insuranceThu, 16 Apr 2026 21:44:57 GMTTrade credit insurance isn’t always the easiest subject to decode, especially for professionals juggling credit risk, treasury strategy, and cash flow management. That’s what makes A Guide to Trade Credit Insurance from the International Credit Insurance & Surety Association (ICISA) such a welcome resource. It cuts through the jargon and provides a grounded, real-world look at how credit insurance truly works, both as a safety net for receivables and as a strategic tool for liquidity management. Bottom line: this desk reference provides a clear path through a complex topic.

Bridging Credit and Treasury Perspectives

One of the guide’s greatest strengths is its balance. It speaks fluently to both the credit manager focused on customer risk and the treasury professional managing capital efficiency. ICISA’s contributors walk readers through the fundamentals of policy structures, underwriting, and claims, then take it further by showing how insured receivables can support financing, securitization, and working capital optimization.

In a world where corporate functions are more integrated than ever, this dual focus makes the book especially valuable. Credit teams will appreciate the clarity on discretionary limits and buyer risk assessment. At the same time, treasury professionals will find actionable insights into how insurance can strengthen funding capacity and protect balance sheet resilience.

Neutral, Practical, and Easy to Use

Unlike many texts in the field, A Guide to Trade Credit Insurance doesn’t push products or promote specific markets. ICISA’s neutral, association-led voice gives the reader confidence that the content is both accurate and objective. The writing is straightforward and accessible, making the book as useful for training new staff as it is for senior professionals fine-tuning their risk frameworks.

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Why It Belongs on Your Desk

As economic uncertainty, supply chain fragility, and global credit challenges persist, the ability to turn trade credit insurance from a compliance tool into a strategic asset becomes more important than ever. This guide helps professionals do just that, clearly explaining how insurance stabilizes receivables portfolios, supports growth, and enhances liquidity planning.

Whether you’re overseeing credit policy, structuring finance solutions, or simply aiming to better understand one of the most powerful tools in corporate risk management, A Guide to Trade Credit Insurance is an essential addition to your reading list. It’s clear, balanced, and genuinely useful. A rare combination in technical financial literature.

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]]><![CDATA[Greatness Code: The Formula Behind Unstoppable Success]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/greatness-code-the-formula-behind-unstoppable-sucesshttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/greatness-code-the-formula-behind-unstoppable-sucessThu, 02 Apr 2026 18:11:16 GMTGreatness Code is a practical, leadership-driven read that will resonate with corporate trade credit, treasury, and broader finance professionals who want more than technical excellence from their ca…

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]]><![CDATA[Irresistible Change: A Blueprint for Earning Buy-In and Breakout Success ]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/irresistible-change-a-blueprint-for-earning-buy-in-and-breakout-sucesshttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/irresistible-change-a-blueprint-for-earning-buy-in-and-breakout-sucessThu, 19 Mar 2026 17:44:23 GMTGrounded in the author’s experience leading IBM’s multi‑year design‑driven turnaround, Irresistible Change is a practitioner’s playbook for designing and scaling cultural transformation as if it were…

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]]><![CDATA[What Matters Next: A Leader's Guide to Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions in a World That's Moving Too Fast]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/what-matters-next-a-leaders-guide-to-making-human-friendly-tech-decisionshttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/what-matters-next-a-leaders-guide-to-making-human-friendly-tech-decisionsFri, 06 Mar 2026 15:17:56 GMTFor leaders in corporate trade credit, treasury, and finance, decision-making is rarely about simple binary choices. It is an intricate balancing act between managing immediate liquidity, mitigating …

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]]><![CDATA[Financial Statements: A Step-By-Step Guide to Understanding and Creating Financial Reports]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/financial-statements-a-step-by-step-guidehttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/financial-statements-a-step-by-step-guideThu, 19 Feb 2026 23:19:29 GMTThomas Ittelson’s “Financial Statements: A Step-By-Step Guide to Understanding and Creating Financial Reports” is an accessible, transaction-driven primer on accounting that is excellent for building…

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]]><![CDATA[Out of the Crisis]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/out-of-the-crisishttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/out-of-the-crisisThu, 05 Feb 2026 23:25:47 GMTCorporate finance teams who live in the world of DSO, bad debt, and working capital should treat Out of the Crisis less as a quality-management relic and more as a playbook for building a radically b…

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]]><![CDATA[Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/nexus-a-brief-history-of-information-from-the-stone-age-to-aihttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/nexus-a-brief-history-of-information-from-the-stone-age-to-aiFri, 23 Jan 2026 14:02:54 GMTYuval Noah Harari’s Nexus is a provocative strategic lens for anyone responsible for trade credit, liquidity, and financial risk, because it reframes your day job as managing not just cash and counte…

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]]><![CDATA[Practical Project Risk Management: The ATOM Methodology]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/practical-project-risk-management-the-atom-methodolgoyhttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/practical-project-risk-management-the-atom-methodolgoyThu, 08 Jan 2026 17:55:00 GMTPractical Project Risk Management is a highly usable, practitioner‑oriented guide that shows project teams exactly how to turn risk theory into repeatable, value‑adding practice. For corporate trade …

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]]><![CDATA[Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It ]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/never-split-the-difference-negotiatinghttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/never-split-the-difference-negotiatingMon, 22 Dec 2025 17:56:50 GMTChris Voss’s Never Split the Difference, co-written with Tahl Raz, is a masterclass in negotiation drawn straight from the high-stakes world of FBI hostage crises, but its insights are profoundly rel…

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]]><![CDATA[The Lean Six SIGMA Pocket Toolbook: A Quick Reference Guide to Nearly 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/the-lean-six-sigma-pocket-toolbookhttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/the-lean-six-sigma-pocket-toolbookFri, 12 Dec 2025 02:32:23 GMTThis pocket guide is a surprisingly powerful resource for finance, credit, and treasury teams who need practical process-improvement tools without wading through dense methodology texts. It reads mor…

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]]><![CDATA[Analytics the Right Way: A Business Leaders Guide to Putting Data to Productive Use]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/analytics-the-right-way-a-business-guidehttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/analytics-the-right-way-a-business-guideMon, 24 Nov 2025 15:22:56 GMTAnalytics the Right Way is a must-read for executives seeking a fresh, immediately actionable approach to data-driven decision-making. This guide demystifies the world of analytics, exposing common m…

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]]><![CDATA[The Age of Invisible Machines: : A Guide to Orchestrating AI Agents and Making Organizations More Self-Driving]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/the-age-of-invisible-machineshttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/the-age-of-invisible-machinesThu, 13 Nov 2025 22:03:32 GMTCorporate trade credit, finance, and treasury professionals are facing an unprecedented era of transformation, driven by the accelerating rise of orchestrated artificial intelligence (AI). “Age of In…

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]]><![CDATA[The Handbook of Credit Risk Management: Originating, Assessing, and Managing Credit Exposures, 2nd Edition]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/the-handbook-of-credit-risk-management-2nd-editionhttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/the-handbook-of-credit-risk-management-2nd-editionThu, 30 Oct 2025 19:41:45 GMTThe Handbook of Credit Risk Management: Originating, Assessing, and Managing Credit Exposures is an accessible and comprehensive guide designed for both professionals and students wanting a deep unde…

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]]><![CDATA[The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy ]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/the-lords-of-easy-money-how-the-federal-reserve-broke-the-american-economyhttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/the-lords-of-easy-money-how-the-federal-reserve-broke-the-american-economyThu, 16 Oct 2025 15:08:47 GMT“The Lords of Easy Money” by Christopher Leonard offers corporate finance, credit, and treasury executives a revealing account of how U.S. monetary policy, especially in the era of quantitative easin…

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]]><![CDATA[The Theory of Money and Credit]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/the-theory-of-money-and-credithttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/the-theory-of-money-and-creditWed, 01 Oct 2025 15:23:41 GMTLudwig von Mises’s “The Theory of Money and Credit” is a seminal work offering a profound exploration of money’s nature, origins, and essential roles within the economy. Mises explains that money did…

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]]><![CDATA[Unforgettable Presence]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/unforgettable-presencehttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/unforgettable-presenceWed, 17 Sep 2025 21:10:29 GMTUnforgettable Presence is a comprehensive career and leadership guide focused on helping professionals develop a standout personal brand and master the art of professional presence in today’s corpora…

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]]><![CDATA[How Payment Deductions Became Mainstream]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/how-payment-deductions-became-mainstreamhttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/how-payment-deductions-became-mainstreamFri, 29 Aug 2025 21:32:47 GMTApproving and reconciling payment deductions is a very real challenge for accounts receivable (AR) teams, especially for manufacturers and distributors selling to consumer product goods retailers. Ho…

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]]><![CDATA[The Happiness Files]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/the-happiness-fileshttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/the-happiness-filesWed, 20 Aug 2025 18:22:46 GMTIf you’re an executive who’s ever wondered why the latest productivity hacks or management fads rarely seem to change much in the long run, then The Hapiness Files might just be the book you’ve been …

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]]><![CDATA[Super Upside Factor]]>https://tradecredit.substack.com/p/super-upside-factorhttps://tradecredit.substack.com/p/super-upside-factorThu, 07 Aug 2025 15:41:48 GMTThe Super Upside Factor is a framework introduced by Daniel Shin Un Kang for achieving outsized (asymmetric) returns by systematically seeking opportunities where the potential upside vastly outweigh…

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