How do we really know why companies excel? Is it luck? Did they do something extraordinary? Is it just the environment? Were they prime for the right market at the right time and rode the wave? In Harvard Business Review, Michael Raynor and Mamtaz Ahmed from Deloitte tackled the question: “How do we know what makes a company exceptional?” …
Make the “right” business connections and leverage them to benefit in multiple directions…”The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell lessons learned…
The “traditional” business model is no longer working. Why? Competitors are now global and come from younger, fast growing markets who approach business differently. Overarching these challenges is the need to successfully hire the right people, work effectively with leadership and manage today’s multi-generational workforce…
What does it take to become one of Fortune’s “Best Places to Work”? Is it worth investing in employee satisfaction? How can you keep employees happy, which in turn keeps clients happy, which ultimately improves your bottom line? Most experts say that real job satisfaction is more than benefits or perks…
Fighting for the competitive advantage, battling for market share and struggling for differentiation has long been the business strategy norm. Being “different” is supposed to add value to your product or services. But, with everyone claiming to be different, newer, better, … how do you get noticed in today’s market?
As the need to strengthen and stimulate local economic activity grows, more and more public officials, municipal leaders and public sector agencies are seeking private sector businesses to develop, capitalize and operate public private partnerships to build roads, repair bridges, manage new projects, construct and repair facilities and purchase new technology…
Companies experiencing mounting competition, financial crisis, or disruptions around its edges need to change often and regularly in order to survive and thrive in today’s market. The business model changes constantly and will continue to change in this business environment. Therefore, learning to adapt and transform becomes critical to success.
Technology is becoming 1) more personal and 2) more mobile, thus changing the expectations we have about how we can do business. Create a collaborative environment by…
How are you doing at working with different kinds of people? How do you grow your company when people are speaking so many languages? Bringing diverse perspectives from the technical and nontechnical worlds together produces some of the most creative business solutions and innovative results…
Change is inevitable. Think of what you are wearing at this moment. Did you wear that to work 10 years ago or even 5 years ago? Many of my friends and neighbors now work online from home offices. Not only has our attire changed, but the way we do business has changed…healthcare is undergoing reform…higher education’s future is being transformed. In all this change, how do we hang on to what is most valuable and let go of the parts that are no longer working?…
