We hear it all the time at HR functions and from executives. The number one challenge facing business owners is finding and keeping top talent.
Business owners, often say that they want high performers, but are they ready for them? Continue reading 6 Steps to Attract and Keep High Performers
The Cirrus team and I have spent quite a bit of time together these last few weeks talking about all client projects coming to a close, new client projects in the new year, and our own plans to continue to establish Cirrus as the single point of contact for consulting and out-sourcing needs of the SMB. (I know. That was shameless.)
I decided to read back through a copy of Steve Job’s commencement address at Stanford University from 2005. As I was reading, the third story Steve told really struck me. Continue reading Why we should think about dying more often.
Think you need to take your management team out to do some team building activities to get them working together? More than likely the problem goes much deeper than that. While it is good for teams to spend time doing non-work related activities together, it all comes back to this one thing. If your team has it, then maybe they are just out of sync and need some time together to recalibrate. If not, then you better start here.
Continue reading The Missing Ingredient of Dysfunctional Teams
Accretive. Synergistic. These are both words that get bantied about board room presentations on the business case justifying a strategic or opportunistic acquisition or merger. Many smart people pour over financials. Extensive preliminary due diligence is done. Financial models are built. So then, why do the overwhelming majority of M&A activity fail to produce the projected value? Continue reading The most important component of merger success.
Naive Enlightenment – When you have just enough experience or data to be too dangerous for your own good. This exists in a place between ignorance and wisdom.
A collection of thoughts and musings 