A Recap Of 2006’s Trends In The Workplace
Who cares about trends? My perspective is that the person/ company who finds ways to take advantage of these trends while building on their strengths will succeed in 2007 and beyond.
Who cares about trends? My perspective is that the person/ company who finds ways to take advantage of these trends while building on their strengths will succeed in 2007 and beyond.
There are more and more stories in the news related to managing and mitigating risk. But increasing your appetite for risk is not for the faint of heart - and requires persistence.
Between 70-80%+ of mergers and acquisitions fail to produce the results originally expected.
As the global economy is in turmoil, almost all businesses are thinking about how to succeed during this turmoil.
Businesses continue to cut back as the economy continues to worsen - seemingly every day. Cutting costs in a reasonable and smart manner is required; however, cost cutting alone rarely achieves success.
Why be part of the 80% dissatisfied with merger and acquisition results?
Excellent leadership is required for successful supply-chain management and integration.
We are in an era of volatility. Who ever thought we'd get used to commonplace bank failures? How about the Dow rising or falling by hundreds of points in a day? Oil gushing into the Gulf? Toyota quality issues? Never! Get used to erratic change as it is the "new normal".
As the stock market just topped 12,000, it is apparent we are in a recovery. Yet it is far from a traditional recovery - jobless with limited growth. In fact, to most everyday people, it doesn't feel like a recovery.
Learn how your business stacks up with internal and external strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT), then take action.