Oct

29

Article: The Merger sting – and why mergers cannot succeed

October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I met an interesting investment banker on the plane from Melbourne to Sydney who told me about the take-over and merger game that is being played by large investment bankers around the world. It never made any sense to me when everybody knows only one in six mergers breaks even and many have lost billions [...]

Oct

22

Article: A Warren Buffet styled “Investment checklist”

October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Warren Buffet, called by many as the “greatest investor alive today” has always been vey open about the way Berkshire Hathaway invests. The annual reports are said by many to be compulsory reading to anybody who wants to improve their investment ‘success rate’. Many books have been written outlining Warren Buffet’s approach. I originally developed [...]

Oct

20

Article: Finding Your Organisations Critical Success Factors – The Missing Link In Performance Management

October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Understanding, measuring and managing critical success factors is increasingly important to ensuring the survival and future prosperity of organizations, in these times of economic recession and uncertainty. Click here for full article!

Oct

8

Article: Measuring Performance in Challenging Times

October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment

With the economy in downturn and many businesses facing challenging times, we should be measuring business performance in a new way. Our traditional tools and processes for performance measurement are more akin to Charles Dickens than the 21st century, and thus more appropriate for the Victoria and Albert Museum than a fast and flexible organization. [...]