Recruitment – 15 Top Tips to Attract Talent

Recruitment – 15 Top Tips to Attract Talent

by | May 20, 2019 | Recruitment

This week the WSJ confirmed that Smaller Businesses are suffering from slow job growth – Headcount rose just under 1% in April compared with 2018. Note small businesses are defined here as employing < 20 people that’s 89% of US firms – 5.3 million...
The One Thing – My Take on the WSJ Best Seller

The One Thing – My Take on the WSJ Best Seller

by | May 10, 2019 | Leadership

The One Thing by Gary Keller with Jay Papasan was first published in 2013 and is on its 11th print run. It stimulated a powerful set of thoughts I’ve been blogging about for a while. Simplicity. The book’s thesis is amazingly simple! No matter how many...
Why Are We So Bad At Acquisitions?

Why Are We So Bad At Acquisitions?

by | Apr 23, 2019 | Acquisitions

Campbell Soup acquired Bolthouse for $1.55 billion in 2012 to enter the fresh food category and earlier this week announced it was divesting of the company for $510m to Butterfly Equity, an LA based PE group. PWC conducted a survey in 2013 of 106 executives at Fortune...
How Do You Decide Which Businesses (or Products) Are Core?

How Do You Decide Which Businesses (or Products) Are Core?

by | Apr 17, 2019 | Strategy

I’m always reading a business book whether I’m traveling or not. It’s been out for a few years now, but I’m enjoying Essentialism – The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown. It sets out a strong case for believing “Less is More”. I’m not reviewing the book...