Distinction How do you describe your firm’s distinction? Do you have one? If so, does every single person in your firm know what it is and, just as importantly, how to communicate it effectively? Often times firm leadership and management teams gather to develop key messages to “get the word out”. But having your service…
Game Changers Leading to New Directions One of my favorite ways to take advantage of a client survey is to use the information gleaned from them to help further team member development. For the right person these can be a life changer. I remember working with a Project Manager – for the sake our discussion…
Harvard Business Review did a study on Strategic Execution (article “How Hierarchy Can Hurt Strategy Execution”) “leaders should consider making strategy formulation more bottom-up and should communicate more clearly – through out the ranks – about what the company is trying to achieve”. To add on to this, even those that engage their team in…
Firm acquisitions: common pitfalls to avoid Acquisitions are exciting, even flattering, and can get the adrenaline pumping. There are some pitfalls to avoid: Not picking the “right” acquisition – does the opportunity presented match your business and growth plans? Sometimes opportunity knocks but the acquisition target isn’t exactly the type of firm you had thought…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The recession ended in June 2009, making it the longest downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, theNational Bureau of Economic Research said on Monday. The NBER, considered the arbiter of U.S. recessions, said its declaration did not mean the economy had “returned to operating at normal capacity” and cautioned that economic activity sometimes remains below…