Last week, we tested a new concept. We gave a half-day workshop to 12 CEOs and their senior staff members that focused on using increased awareness of self and others to develop understandable messaging for their business strategies. We developed the workshop in response to the CEOs’ consensus that their greatest challenge is not developing…
Increasingly, accounting and advisory firms are looking at their business strategies with a view to driving higher growth and profitability. Developing an effective strategy requires addressing several important, and often difficult, issues. It also requires crafting a strategic plan that the firm’s partners will buy into and effectuate. Over the next few months, we’ll publish…
It was an early summer evening, and I was sitting in a taxicab on my way to Lincoln Center. As predicted, heavy storm clouds were gathering, and the soft din of thunder was rumbling in the distance. Heavy rain was in the forecast, but so far the roads were dry. We were traveling south on…