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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

Record number of small business sales in 2018! More businesses sold after being advertised on bizbuysell.com than any other year, and 2017 was 25% higher than 2016. Our first question is: what is “small?” Pretty small. 70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). Synergistic product line firm.

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What's Servant Leadership?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Studies reveal that a servant leadership style improves employee productivity and creativity. Employees are more likely to provide constructive criticism and engage in productive conflict without fear of exclusion or retaliation. Productivity, wages, and intrinsic motivations. Small Business Economics, 41 (2), 379-399.

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

In the following video, Dr. Chermack provides an overview of the process using a small business case study. Organizational change resilience is responding productively to significant disruptive change and transforming challenges into opportunities. This video provides some practical insights into scenario planning. Chermack, T.

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How SMEs can welcome the decade of Organizational Culture

Asamby Consulting

The Business Dictionary defines organizational culture as: “ The values and behaviors that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organization.” (The The Business Dictionary, 2018). A positive organizational culture can have a significant impact on every aspect of a business. What’s the bottom line?

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Midsize Companies Shouldn’t Confuse Growth with Scaling

Harvard Business

Over 200,000 midcap businesses collectively employ 34% of the U.S. During the 2008 recession, midcap companies proved surprisingly tough: Fully 82% of them survived to see the recovery (only 57% of small businesses made it through), and midcap companies added an average of 20 jobs each while big businesses were shedding thousands of jobs.

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Consultant Ninja: US Health Care Costs: Management Consulting.

Consultant Ninja

I don't mean to pick on CN, whom I like, but people tend to discuss healthcare as though it were a zero-sum situation like the value chain for widget production. It seems as though it would be hugely beneficial to small businesses (and by extension, economic growth) if this were changed. Productivity. (6). Analysis.

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You Can Be a Great Leader and Also Have a Life

Harvard Business

And billionaire Mark Cuban worked until 2 am launching his first business and didn’t take a vacation for seven years. These intense work styles are often celebrated as the only way to get to the top and be a super-productive leader. That was in 2008. “But weren’t sure how.”