Strategizing Outside of Your Comfort Zone
Strategic planning within your comfort zone may be tempting, but you have to be realistic about changing environments.
Strategic planning within your comfort zone may be tempting, but you have to be realistic about changing environments.
At the beginning of the year, I read an article about how corporate leaders mistake execution for strategy. I understand how easily that can happen. Firm leaders are so wrapped up in keeping their companies afloat, that any movement (execution) toward that direction can take on the identity of “strategy.” The article, which was from…
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…
With all the changes happening in our industry, we know it is essential to understand not just the economic challenges but the new realities for our clients’ businesses. With Ann’s help and leadership we developed a program of interviews in which Ann talked to our clients across several different markets and industries to find out…
Strategy Planning for a Healthy Future. There, I said it! Often, those words send shudders through leadership teams who dread the process of it -meetings you hardly have time for, determining strategies for sustaining the firm, keeping the teams engaged, and ultimately adding to the bottom line. Many firms are feeling the effects of reduced…