IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGES

Improving the valuation of a company will clearly imply changes need to be made to the ways in which the management team functions. The implications are clear:  the growth strategies that are inhibited by the corporate dysfunctions require courage to come against the inertia, politics and fear in management teams to address the dysfunctional behaviors.  What is required is a new definition applied to the goals set in organizations.  Essentially, there are two types of goals: task goals and behavioral Read More …

Management Team Dysfunction and Its Effect of Valuation

One of the major drivers of business valuations is the assessment of the growth potential of the firm. The effectiveness of the management team, and therefore the dysfunctional issues of the management team has a significant impact on the business valuation. Much of the business press has traditionally talked to the issue of looking beyond downsizing, TQM, reengineering, and other tactics to new growth strategies to deliver globally competitive organizations.  As the earlier referenced Wall Street Journal article pointed out, Read More …