Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to hear nationally acclaimed economic expert Joel L. Naroff, Ph.D. Naroff is a well decorated economist. He was selected for having the most accurate economic forecast among the Blue Chip Economics Indicators survey participants for the years 2004 to 2007. Bloomberg Business News also named Naroff Top Forecaster [...]
Archive for the ‘Crisis Management’ category
The Financial Crisis — One Leading Economist’s Perspective
May 12, 2009Categories: Crisis Management, Leadership, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: Bloomberg, dot coms, Economic Indicators, housing market, Joel Naroff, Lehman, Wall Street
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Staffing Appropriately During a Recession
March 2, 2009With each passing day, we learn of more layoffs and furloughed employees. Today, more than ever, service and professional organizations need to determine the resources needed to complete projects so that they are staffed appropriately. Not surprisingly, there is a method by which one can accomplish this goal. To do so, one begins by looking [...]
Categories: Crisis Management, Hiring, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: assessments, Barack Obama, CEO, economy, firing, Hiring, HSBC, inventory, layoffs, Leadership, Management, Priorities, professional, projects, service, staffing, Strategy, Warren Buffett
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Courageous Leadership? On the Line at GM
February 23, 2009After a recent session that I presented on success measures, I was asked by one of the participants about the fiscal crisis plaguing our three major United States automakers, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. The person was wondered why these three manufacturers, with all of the many intelligent and professional leaders in their employ, continued [...]
Categories: Crisis Management, Hiring, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: automoniles, bailout, cars, Chrysler, Congress, False kindness, Ford, General Motors, GM, manufacturers, Obama, President Obama, Wall Street Journal
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Keeping Your Balance
February 16, 2009As I mentioned in an earlier post, it appears that President Obama is getting quite an education from both the Democrats and the Republicans. This type of education will hopefully result in the President learning how to keep his balance. The life of a leader is always a balancing act but never more so than [...]
Categories: Crisis Management, Hiring, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: accountability, balance, Barack Obama, Boundaries, coalitions, Democrats, Leadership, Management, Michael Watkins, networks, opponents, political network, politics, Priorities, Republicans, Strategy, Transition Team, Vision
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Creating Coalitions
February 11, 2009Anyone who has been observing the stimulus bill negotiations surely has become much more cognizant of President Obama’s need to build coalitions and the early lessons he is learning. To paraphrase his comments last evening, “old habits die hard.” In order to exert influence without authority to require that people take certain actions, one needs [...]
Categories: Crisis Management, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy, Visioning
Tags: accountability, alignment triangle, Barack Obama, coalitions, former employees, influences, Leadership, Management, Michael Watkins, networks, opponents, Priorities, sequencing, Strategy, Transition Team, Vision
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Negotiating Success
January 30, 2009According to Professor Watkins, to succeed with a new boss (the American People?) or for that matter, a new Congress, it is critical to invest the time in the relationship up front. Your new “boss” (and here you can substitute the word “Americans” to relate to President Obama’s situation) sets your benchmarks, interprets your actions [...]
Categories: Crisis Management, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: align, alignment, Barack Obama, Change, Congress. negotiation, consensus, direction, early wins, expectation management, expectations, Focus, GOP, Leadership, Michael Watkins, Mr. Obama, President Obama, results, solution, stimulus plan, Strategy, Success, Taking charge, Team, The First 90 Days, Transition Team
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A Blueprint for the New Leader to Effect Change
January 18, 2009The transition from one presidential administration to another is nearly complete and the country is visibly excited. There is no doubt that part of this excitement stems from public’s sense that Mr. Obama has demonstrated extraordinary effort in planning his presidency. He certainly seems to be working diligently to avoid the consequences of the aphorism, [...]
Categories: Crisis Management, Hiring, Leadership, Sales, Strategic Plans, Strategy
Tags: 9/11, Accelerate, alignment, balance, Barack Obama, build, coalitions, early wins, George W. Bush, Leadership, learning, Michael Watkins, Mr. Obama, negotiate, President bus, President Elect Obama, Promote, solution, Strategy, strategy to solution, Success, Taking charge, Team, The First 90 Days, Transition Team
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