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Business Survey Results

by Denise A. Harrison, Vice President This week we asked our readers to fill out a survey concerning current business conditions and your approach to these conditions.� Here are the results of the survey: If you can not see graph please click and look at first chart:��What you are expecting � �If you can not see graph please click [...]

Use the Recession to Trigger Rejuvenation: Develop a Strategy to Revitalize your Company

by Denise A. Harrison, Vice President Rejuvenation linked with recession?� How can that be?� It certainly causes pain - but where does this rejuvenation come from?� During the 17th century Dutch economy collapsed - the tulip bubble burst - this was when a tulip bulb could cost as much as a house.� But rather than resulting [...]

Strategic Planning ? Building Better Value Signals

� By Robert W. Bradford, CEO � One of the intractable problems of economics is that first-time buyers bring a lot of uncertainty about the value they will receive to a transaction.�� An excellent example of this is to compare the sale price of new electronic items on eBay with those at an online retailer like Amazon.com ? [...]

Three Strategic Tips For Your Recession Survival Tool Kit

by Stephen A. Rutan A recent BusinessWeek article by Jason Calacanis is entitled, “What to Do if Your Startup is Failing” (March 3, 2009). His description of life in the trenches — the hard work, desperate measures and mental toughness required of anyone who has survived a near-death business experience — is one from which any [...]

Internal Communications for Effective Strategic Implementation

by M. Dana Baldwin One oft-forgotten practice which should be considered even more important during this turbulent time is communications within your company. As you might consider once you reflect on the situation within your company, people are concerned about their futures, the future of the company and generally how things are going. There are a number [...]