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29 Apr 2008

The Stressful Effects of a Weak Economy: What’s a Business Manager to Do?

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The weak economy is causing stress for many workers. In the Businomics Audio Magazine, Dale Collie, a former Army ranger and corporate executive talks about how to deal with stress, including lessons from both his …

3 Apr 2008

Economic Contingency Planning: Audio CD Available

Business Strategy Economy

Economic contingency planning is a hot topic these days. I am now offering for sale an audio CD–play it in your car–or an MP3 download with an explanation of how business should plan for economic …

2 Apr 2008

AOL Does Not Understand the Trial and Error Economy

Business Strategy

Fast Company magazine has a good article about AOL’s troubles. There are plenty of troubles to chronicle, but here’s a particularly informative one: In November [2006], search had posted 38.9 million visitors; by May, the …

1 Apr 2008

Contingency Planning: Preparing for a Slump in Earnings

Business Strategy Economy

"Preparing for a Slump in Earnings" is a new article from the McKinsey Quarterly. The authors estimate the corporate earnings could fall 20 to 40 percent this year. The offer some suggestions for corporate executives …

25 Mar 2008

Small Businesses in an Economic Downturn

Business Strategy Economy

Jim Blasingame, the small business advocate, interviewed me for his radio show. We talked about how small business owners should manage in an economic downturn. <a href="http://zaicast.smallbusinessadvocate.com:8000/media/jbsba/2008/03/20080325-B.mp3">my recent interview with Jim Blasingame</a> (on the <a …

23 Mar 2008

Four Mistakes Businesses Make in a Recession

Business Strategy Economy

The Small Business Trends blog has an interesting article, Four Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make in a Recession (the title of which I’ve modified for the title of this post, for SEO reasons). I’m going to add …

20 Mar 2008

Is Recession the Opportunity of a Lifetime?

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It’s so much fun to disagree with Seth Godin. I spend so much time on his blog admiring his insights that it’s very rare for me to disagree. But here’s what he said about recession: …

20 Mar 2008

The 20-Teens: Business Challenges and Opportunities in the Next Decade

Business Strategy

What are the big changes coming in the next decade? Demographics, globalization, finance and technology are covered with a focus on what businesses should do today to prepare for tomorrow. This is a new speech topic …

19 Mar 2008

Business Strategy for Recessions

Business Strategy Economy

Is it possible to take advantage of a recession? In Businomics, I wrote about AirTran, which left the 2001 recession in a far stronger position than it entered it. McKinsey Quarterly published an article back …

14 Mar 2008

Creating High Performance Companies: Lessons from Automobile Dealers

Business Strategy

The McKinsey Quarterly reported on a very interesting survey, applicable to many business though the survey focused on car dealers. In the survey, car dealers were sorted by profitability, and the most profitable dealers compared …

4 Mar 2008

How to Succeed in Business

Business Strategy

It’s not really that hard. I’ve been working with some contractors in my business (I outsource web, PR, database, graphic design, marketing, and various other activities) and Ms. Businomics has been trying to get some …

27 Feb 2008

4 Indications that it is Time to Start Hedging Your Forex Risk

Business Strategy

(Due to the large fluctuations we’ve had in foreign exchange rates recently, I invited Heather Johnson to contribute this post. Contact information is at the bottom of the article. Thanks, Heather.) Large multi-national companies that …