These are high times for mergers and acquisitions. In 2014, corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide reached a seven year high of around $4 trillion. KPMG’s 2015 M&A Outlook Survey Report was headed “The Boom is Back: M&A Reemerges as Leading Growth Strategy”. “Boom”? Does that sound like a good time…
A few weeks ago I found myself sitting down with a prospective client who was seeking some help with branding himself. He was a highly experienced management consultant (forty-plus years) who had been downsized from a corporation that employed him for more than twenty-five years, and he wasn’t quite ready to retire. Thus, he was looking to go out and have to sell himself.
How much do you know about your key clients? How do you create great partnerships with other organizations? Social business, big data, and global competition are challenging the way we’ve done business in past. With all this information available about a potential key client’s business, why aren’t sales professionals able…
When in a negative state, you can’t wait for change. You must change yourself. For some of us, it seems impossible—indeed it is a skill I continue to work hard to develop myself (especially in the early mornings). Some days it’s easier than others. But like anything, it requires practice.
What trends are converging in your markets to create the perfect storm for your business development efforts? Will retirements slow your business’ growth?
CEO and leadership studies point out how critical it is to recruit, engage, develop, and retain our best people. How will help your people grow today?
As you have likely heard by now, last Friday, February 27, we received the news of the passing of Leonard Nimoy, who truly gave the Star Trek character of Mr. Spock so much substance.
What lesson can we learn from being a fair weather leader? Why it’s important to have good advisors to provide you with right guidance at the right time!
A while back a friend of mine (a young and very attractive woman) told me about the shortest blind date she ever had. The man arrived at her door to pick her up, took one look at her, said he needed to run to Wal-Mart to get something and never returned. He later told her in an email: “You’re out of my league.”
How do you work with a fair weather leader? Why this question should have entrepreneurs take stock of the people leading their teams today!