I’ve blogged about mergers and acquisitions before (Rooted In The Past – October 2012 Blog Archive), and even wrote an Orange Paper on it (Firm Acquisitions) which you can download from my website. However, a lot of CEOs solely focus on acquisitions to help their firms grow rather than also working on organic growth from…
We have many trees in our backyard so I read Jason Fried’s article on how a business is like an apple tree with great interest (Inc. Magazine, When Good Ideas Bear Fruit; February 2013). We just pruned our trees with the knowledge that, as Jason puts it we were “favoring what is left and helping…
There is always much fanfare when a company announces their “reorganization”. The driver is usually to improve profitability and performance. I always watch these companies to see whether they achieved that goal. Sadly, I don’t see it happen often. Why? Leaders will typically focus on a nagging internal problem such as reducing the number of…