Poised for growth, but do you have the right climate?

The Conference Board reported last week that its global leading economic indicators are all positive and that both consumer and CEO confidence are rising.  The drumbeat of negative economic news we’ve heard over the past year seems to be fading.  Based on the headlines in the financial press, the debate among economists is now shifting [...]

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The year was 1991…

By Ed Boswell, CEO The U.S. economy was in recession. I had just been assigned to one of our company’s plum customer accounts. No longer our largest account, it still had some cachet: it had been our first customer account some 20 years earlier. Since then, the account had generated millions of dollars of revenue. Recently, [...]

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What Headlines Will You Write?

By Kerry Johnson, Executive Consultant Over the past month or so I’ve had the opportunity to talk with many of our customers about the impact of the tough economy on their businesses. The focus of these group talks has been on what leaders can do to make a difference. Forum’s view is that leaders can [...]

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