By Tadeus Dobrovolskij Each company is unique and is dealing with its own set of challenges. Yet every company wants to grow. In our experience there are five most common obstacles that companies face to achieving the growth they desire: poor leadership, undefined strategy, unsuitable organization, operational chaos, and a lack of financial oversight. In […]
By Garett Robertson and Tadeus Dobrovolskij While the primary goal of corporations is to make money, they are not without accountability to society at large. They have both the ability to influence and be influenced by societal problems and challenges making their voice a necessary part of the dialogue and engagement that shapes laws, rules, […]
By Garett Robertson Our mission is to serve our customers, our employees, our owners and the community. The form of a socially impactful and cliched mission statement for many companies throughout the world. The fact that most mission statements seem to revolve around the same concepts is ironic given the fact most companies throughout the […]
By Tadeus Dobrovolskij The financial crisis required an unprecedented intervention from central banks. The Fed, the ECB and other governing banks had launched a set of policies, which is known as quantitative easing (QE). In the year 2017 the Fed decided to end QE and unwind its balance sheets. Similar action is expected from the […]
By Garett Robertson Most business owners would agree that there is value in strong budgeting and forecasting process, yet few feel confident in their ability to create these kinds of tools in any way that could deliver the value they need. As a result, the budgeting and forecasting process is seen as a deeply time […]
By Tadeus Dobrovolskij In this global world, where teams are often scattered across the globe and meetings are not always conducted in a single room anymore, team efficiency is a common problem for companies’ leaders. Many managers are aware of Hofstede study, and ponder to themselves “Am I too direct? Should I befriend my direct […]
By Garett Robertson It is often said that culture trumps strategy in business. Brilliant business models can be completely undermined by bad corporate culture as has been seen with recent turmoil at Uber. Eventually bad culture catches up to the organization and creates rifts that are very difficult if not impossible to overcome. So how […]
By Garett Robertson and Tadeus Dobrovolskij It has been said a lot already about the importance of corporate culture and its effect on financial results. Nevertheless, it’s still often overlooked. In M&A this is especially true. For unseasoned M&A teams, they may simply see what they will get from a deal. They see access to […]
By Garett Robertson “One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.” These familiar words spoken by Neil Armstrong during the Apollo moon landing marked a new chapter in the growth and development of humankind. Not only had we managed to lay dominance over all other species on the planet but we had declared […]
By Garett Robertson Recently I was discussing my models of wealth and income inequality with a friend of mine. During the course of our discussion, he asked me the simple question that has some profound implications on everything for economics and politics to religion and philosophy. Why does economic inequality matter? I have always been […]