[Recession Recovery] ‘VW’ Ride Coming?
“What kind of recovery does the group expected now?” – this was the key business question asked by a Partner in a Toronto based mid-sized accounting firm in the group discussion phase of the TEC Trusted Advisor meeting I attended earlier this week. Here’s what came back from the employment lawyer, commercial landlord, retirement pension [...]
Lehman Bros: What Failure Felt Like
It’s been a year since the bloodshed on Wall Street took Lehman Brothers down. Finally, stories about what really caused their downfall are starting to filter out. And oh boy, what juicy business lessons there are to learn in all of it. September 15, 2008 was the date of Lehman’s demise. Their bankruptcy filing came [...]
Why CEO’s Are Blind To Trouble!
With all the ‘buck stops here’, ‘chain of command’ and ‘celebrity CEO’ rhetoric going around, it’s pretty clear today what politically-correct modern business theory demands – your wholehearted support of the following notion: CEOs should be all powerful. And for ego accommodation, scrutiny avoidance, and ease-of-management reasons, most who hold these positions and those who [...]
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