As a Chief Executive Officer everything you say and whatever you do attracts attention inside and outside the office. Whether the times are ordinary or extraordinary; economy is soaring high or lying low – you need to face the heat or shake the champagne as the case may be.   At times like these, you will be tested to the core. Employees, customers and stakeholders can’t help probing and dissecting your actions and... 

I am a big fan of Warren Buffett. In a recent interview Warren Buffett made yet another ‘written on the wall’ kind of comment. This time it was on Outsourcing. He said, “You know I’m a big guy in outsourcing. I didn’t deliver my own three children…I called an obstetrician. I do not want to have some member of my family fill my teeth or try to do it myself. So if somebody can do a job better than I can, and... 

Does recession force you to move away from your core business idea and pick what comes your way? Is recession the culprit? Think again. We keep telling our customers that this is the time they should be entirely focused on their core business strengths. To do really well what they do well. Now is the time to do anything and everything that will make the core of your business less vulnerable and more powerful. Patent... 

Will a company focus on survival or growth during recession? Or does it think long term or short term? Would you spend time and resources on strategizing business plan or acquisitions or mergers or strengthening the ever weakening sales pipeline? Tricky, isn’t it? To get a better grip over these pertinent questions, let us go the greatest teacher of all – History. McKinsey compares the patterns of the four previous...