Warren? Can you sit on my Board?
Warren Buffet's Chairman's letter in the annual report of Berkshire Hathaway is always a good read and offers a glimpse into the mind of America's investment éminence grise. It has…
How to manage layoffs
CFO Magazine recently published an article about “How to Talk about Layoffs“. It includes some valuable anecdotes about layoff processes that don’t work.
Here are several key themes that bear repeating:
- No amount of employee communication is too much. Most business leaders assume employees know much more about strategy or financial challenges than they do. Head off greater problems by keeping everyone informed about what you’re doing and what you’re thinking. (more…)
Save money – save jobs!
I reported recently on the trend toward cutting costs without cutting jobs. BW expands upon that concept focusing on mandatory vacation and voluntary leave. I have recommended that to several…
Leadership Challenges
As usual, Jack and Suzy Welch are on target with their latest BW column, critizing the new Administration for various leadership "shortcomings". The valuable insight for business leaders is that…
More cost-cutting tools
<A recent WSJ story about cost-cutting focuses on measures taken to reduce the costs for current employees to forestall personnel cuts that business leaders fear will hurt their ultimate competitiveness.…
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