If You Can’t Explain Your Value, You Can’t Increase It.
Kevin Koharki
C-Suite Advisor | Keynote Speaker | Associate Professor
If You Can’t Explain Your Value, You Can’t Increase It.
Kevin Koharki
C-Suite Advisor | Keynote Speaker | Associate Professor
People don’t make poor decisions, they make uninformed ones.
- Kevin
Every employee, regardless of function, creates or derails value with every decision they make. The problem is not that people don’t understand finance; it’s that they can’t connect their daily actions to the financial outcomes that matter.
When people learn to think and speak in value, they unlock better decisions, clearer communication, and a culture where impact becomes everyone’s job.
MEET KEVIN
Kevin Koharki, MBA, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Purdue University and founder of CAE Consulting, LLC, who has seen firsthand that the real challenge inside most organizations isn’t financial “illiteracy,” but the inability to connect daily actions to the financial outcomes that matter. Kevin has built his career around closing that gap. He turns financial mindset from a technical specialty into a universal organizational capability by teaching people to think and speak in value.
His VALUE Framework gives teams a practical roadmap for articulating the financial impact of their work, communicating decisions with clarity and confidence, and allocating resources in ways that drive meaningful results.
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KEYNOTE THEMES
- 1If You Can’t Explain Your Value, You Can’t Increase It
- 2The Value-Driven Decision Maker: How to Make Smarter Choices in Times of Chaos
- 3Speaking the Language of Value: How to Communicate Ideas, Projects & Requests with Clarity and Credibility
- 4The Value Culture Blueprint: How to Eliminate Hidden Value Killers and Build a Culture of Ownership
- 5Decision-Making at the Speed of Strategy: How to Align Teams in a World of Competing Priorities
- 6The Trust Dividend: How Value Clarity Builds Confidence Inside and Outside the Organization
Testimonials
From a CEO perspective, financial acumen is not a ‘nice to have’ – it is foundational to effective decision-making. Kevin equips employees across all functions with the ability to understand and communicate in the language of business. The result is more productive dialogue with leadership, stronger alignment to capital allocation priorities, and faster, higher-quality decisions. Beyond the financial benefits, this shared understanding strengthens organizational trust, purpose, and performance.
Tiffany Olson, Former CEO, Roche Diagnostics Corporation
Kevin has a deep understanding of financial analysis that he explains in plain English. Those unfamiliar with basic accounting and finance will welcome his straight-forward instruction and more knowledgeable people will learn something too. He has a unique, valuable offering.
Jonathan Foster, Managing Partner, Current Capital
Kevin has the rare ability to make financial thinking accessible to operational and commercial senior leaders who don’t come from a finance background. He helps teams understand how everyday choices affect cash flow, ROI, and where capital and resources are best deployed. As a Vice President of Finance of a 6 Bn USD business, this approach shows up directly in smarter allocation decisions and stronger returns.
Ryan Hoefling, CFO
Kevin Koharki has a rare gift for turning financial complexity into clarity — and clarity into action. Through CAE Consulting, he has helped Fortune 100 executives, world-class organizations, and family offices build the financial acumen to make smarter decisions, allocate capital with purpose, and foster a culture where employees think and act like true owners. Kevin doesn’t just educate — he changes how enterprises perform.Kimberly Valentine-Poska, Independent Board Director | Qualified Financial Expert | Qualified Risk Director®
Dr. Koharki was the highest rated presenter in the training program for our executives. He made the three-hour session on financial acumen interesting and relevant for our line of business so much so that they wanted him to present more!
Vickie Tassan, former banking executive at a top five US bank.
Visibility
Translate everyday work into measurable drivers of value.
Alignment
Connect team-level decisions to the company’s strategic and financial priorities.
Language
Build a shared financial vocabulary so employees can explain, justify, and communicate decisions.
Understanding
Develop practical financial mindset – spot risks earlier, see opportunities faster, and evaluate trade-offs clearly.
Execution
Turn financial mindset into action through consistent behaviors, smarter decision-making, and impact you can measure.
