by beanstalk | Mar 5, 2019 | Finance
If it costs $1 to prevent a problem, $10 to find it and $100 or more to fix it then we are better off spending our time to prevent problems, especially those that our customers will find. It is hard to argue with this logic but in practice we see organizations invest...
by beanstalk | Mar 5, 2019 | M&A
WOW! The closing is done and the new owners are ready to take over. So, what happens once the deal is closed and the two companies have merged into one? Well, they aren’t really one company yet. In essence, they’re still two companies with a common owner. Therefore,...
by beanstalk | Mar 5, 2019 | HR
Question 1: Explain how you established expectations. You did establish expectations, didn’t you? Or did you assume. . . Were the expectations you established clear? How do you know? Were the expectations understood? How do you know? Were the employees agreeable to...
by beanstalk | Mar 5, 2019 | Strategy
By, Steve Finkelstein – Senior Partner There are many factors that can affect execution. These factors can work independently or together. They can affect large, medium or small organizations. They are non-discriminatory. However, identifying the factors that affect...
by beanstalk | Mar 5, 2019 | Strategy
From working with many companies just like yours, our experience suggests the following reasons why companies fail to execute their strategies: There are too many items on the “things-to-do” list of initiatives. To make matters worse, there is little or no...
