While commenting on workforce diversity is certainly not in our professional purview, the communication of business information is. And sometimes, who is doing the talking (and how you market your senior management team) is just as important as the message. This is particularly the case for publicly-held companies.
It’s always effective to give your audience a roadmap for where you are going in a presentation. Chrysler’s business plan presentation would have been immensely more effective if they presented the “what” and the “how” (in general terms) early on in their presentation instead of waiting until the end.
Charisma is undoubtedly a coveted trait in business, but what about the downside of charismatic leadership? What happens when charisma misleads?
Too often, the results of strategic planning efforts fall within the “too vague to execute” realm or the “too specific to be flexible” when the inevitable challenges and opportunities emerge during the plan’s execution.
It’s not personal, it’s business. However, most mergers fail to live up to their potential because of a critical but difficult-to-define intangible — cultural fit.
