The Merger and Acquisition Fallout – Who Should Stay or Go?

According to Andrew R. Brownstein of Watchell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, 2015 global mergers and acquisitions (M&As) hit an all-time high with the United States contributing to nearly half of the $5 trillion.  The United States economic outlook was more stable as companies continued to reduce costs and minimally retain comfortable revenue margins, thereby created many opportunities for friendly, hostile, and unsolicited M&As with additional company spinoffs.  However, the fallout of these ventures inevitably result in a change of direction for the vision of the new company with a mandate to modify the employment staff.  Leaders have to determine who should stay and who should be offered a package to leave in peace. When...

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Posted in: 10 Steps to an Executive IQ,career change,management consulting,mergers and acquisition; M&A; merger; acquisition;,Temeko Richardson

To Meet or Not To Meet: Exploring The Financial Impact of Meetings

When a meeting organizer puts the focus and purpose of the meeting to the test, the result should be measured across two areas - immediate action or more follow-ups.  In either case, there is a financial impact to conducting a meeting when there is no clear agenda, no one capable of facilitating the meeting to stay on topic, and no one with the ability to drive tasks towards completion.  Meetings like these have a financial impact that costs the organization based on the calculated hourly rate for each participant plus travel costs if the participants are not local.  This can be expensive if there are no resolutions and no clear direction because subsequent meetings have to be held which can require additional invitees. ...

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Posted in: cutting cost,email distribution list,email etiquette,meeting invitations,meetings,money saving,smart business,Temeko Richardson,Time management,web conferencing

Who Is Quarterbacking Your Team?

Every team requires a leader who will go the extra mile to do the work when others don't have anymore to give or will motivate those who need the extra push to do more than their self-imposed limits.  This leader is respected more often than liked and attracts others to be their best and contribute what is necessary to make the team successful.  The team leader is much like American football's quarterback.   The quarterback is the most important person on the team because he provides leadership, direction, support, resiliency, and ambition that is needed to persevere through obstacles of the game.  The quarterback is the cheerleader who provides the moral support to the other members of the team when they feel as though...

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Posted in: American Football,leadership,Leadership Skills,Manziel,motivation,NFL,Quarterback,RG111,Temeko Richardson

Starting the Year Off Right After Corporate Changing of the Guards

While many resolutions at the start of the new year are about "new you" or "new career", there are many people who will need to re-energize after a prior year of tumultuous changes due to massive layoffs, mergers, and acquisitions. Uncertainty about a current job, the role to be played in the future and the potential of no career path at a company can be mentally tiring. Here are a few steps to re-energize yourself at the top of the New Year to determine your next move: 1. Assess the new regime.   Fight through the rumors and media headlines and do the due diligence on what really happened for the change to occur. In the case of a merger, how much of each company's standards and ways of doing business are included in the new company?...

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Posted in: acquisitions,career change,career makeover,employment,employment stress,future career,layoffs,leadership,making a career change,mergers,New Career

Building a Future While Balancing the Present

Entering into another year always causes some career versus potential introspection. It is the normal time of the year to reflect on what has been done in the past years, the progress or regression along the career path and the reality of a future as it relates to the existing employer or client or the potential to do more and be better. The good news is that you possess the ability to direct where your career will begin or end if you properly balance the existing survival in the workplace with the tasks required to build a future elsewhere. Delegate The Now.   Most of what is done in an existing job is routine and can be done on auto-pilot. Delegate the small tasks to free up time to focus on the next career move. Send others...

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Posted in: career change,career makeover,future career,moonlighting,New Career,Time management,transitioning