This time I’d like to try and find an answer to questions that have been on my mind for quite some time, and rise to the top when I look at the news. They relate to leadership and specifically so called leaders in the top of the corporate or political world that only seem to […]
CASH IS KING
As a board member of many start-ups, I have had to deal with numerous situations where cash flow is not sufficient. It can be very painful to really grasp the issue and make significant changes but it is absolutely necessary to do just that in situations such as we are all experiencing right now. Often, […]
Duke University, Financial Crisis and Networking
New York, 21st September 2008 Networking is used and recognized for its values in many aspects of business these days. With all the lay-offs, certainly recently in the in the financial industry, people will unfortunately come to the conclusion that they did not spend time to network until it was too late. As we said […]
Different Generation, different Communication
Different Generation, different Communication Every era has its own way of communicating – whether it is smoke signals, postal pigeons, letters or email. As the communication evolves, so does the way people interact in terms of their writing style, word choices and addressing one another. Culture and heritage of course also play a role in […]
Quick & Dirty!?
New York, 30th August 2008 Quick & Dirty In my long career as a sales manager, serial entrepreneur and Chairman of a major venture fund, I have been confronted hundreds of times with people that struglle to find the right balance between direct results and expectations. In Sales – you have to deal with budgets […]
Village Elders – bring them back!
the Village Elder Looking at the development of people, you can broadly speaking classify 4 stages: learning & development to around 20, finding your place in society till 30, make a career & start mentoring others till early 50’s en then it’s the final stretch – easing out of a working life and retirement. For […]