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Can You Trust Your Strategic Initiatives to Independent Consultants?
The recent recession and anemic growth we are seeing has had fundamental and long lasting effects on how business is being done and how it will be done going forward. Companies have scaled back on staff and have learned how to operate as lean organizations. And with growth continuing to be anemic, it’s unlikely that…
Are executives the new temporary workforce?
We’ve all heard of or even have friends, acquaintances, family members who have resorted to temping or contract work as a result of being laid off while they find the next full time opportunity. And it’s not just blue collar or administrative roles, but includes senior executives and management consultants from the top tier firms….
Talent on Demand – The Uberization of Executive Talent
The “on-demand economy”, the “sharing economy” or Uberization. The fact that we have these terms for describing a phenomena that didn’t exist a few years ago makes this is real and growing occurrence powered by the ubiquity of the web and the growing prevalence of smart phones. Just yesterday, I used office space for 90…
New Initiative, No Headcount, No Worries
We all have example of initiatives or new revenue ideas that we believed in that just didn’t work out. As a former Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager, I’ve had my fair share. While some ideas probably never should have seen the light of day, many others are probably good ideas that failed due to…
Job? No Thanks – Did Barron’s Miss the Complete Story
Recently Barron’s had a front page story “Job? No Thanks” in its September 1st, 2014 issue. Quoting from the issue “The job market has made a comeback over the past year, but the American labor force hasn’t, and the prospects don’t look good. Work seems to be on the wane in the US….”. The unemployment…
A New Future for the Chief Strategy Officer?
As a long term strategy professional, both as a management consultant and as a Chief Strategy Officer in industry I have a vested interest in understanding the evolution of strategy and how corporations engage strategy professionals. Company needs evolve, market conditions impacting businesses change and required expertise changes. As needs evolve should companies bring in…
5 Lessons Learned to Grow Globally
The recent demise of Target’s foray into Canada brings home the risks of global expansion, even into a market that is so close to home and seemingly so similar to the US. Target is just the latest in a long list of companies that have aggressively moved into international markets, lured by the promise of…
5 Keys to Writing a Good Job Description
I read a job description from a new client recently and was pleasantly surprised. It was good. It was well-written, thoughtful and I understood who they were, what they were looking for, what the experience of working there would be like and why the right person would want the job. Very unusual. I have become…
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