Monthly Archives: December 2011
When You Resist Change
“If change is happening on the outside faster than on the inside the end is in sight.” – Jack Welch, former CEO, General Electric “Institutions are rarely murdered; they meet their end by suicide.” – Lawrence Lowell, former President, Harvard …
The Power of Doubling Down
Every company has a mix of businesses, representing different products, services, market segments, customer demographics or geographies. You should also have a full-cost accounting system that accurately assigns sales, marketing, and other overhead costs to each business based on where …
Who’s Leading Your Company?
I watch the Sunday morning news shows – Meet the Press, This Week, Fox News Sunday – and what inevitably strikes me is how much more reasonable the people not running for office sound than the people who are. Those …


