by Bruce | October 14, 2008 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management
Making the rounds is a presentation by Sequoia Capital on "startups and the economic downturn," which constitutes a sort of come-to-Jesus meeting for that storied VC firm’s portfolio companies. It tells a tale of radical gloom, with...
by Bruce | September 21, 2008 | Articles, Finance, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Sometimes in the midst of turmoil all around us, with the landscape of the financial services industry–for many of us, our lifeblood–reforming under our very eyes, it’s worthwhile to take a step back and reflect upon some enduring business verities....
by Bruce | September 19, 2008 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Nothing less than a generational transformation of investment banking and the financial services industry at large. Its implications for, among other things, the economies of New York City and London, the structure of global capital markets, and our own dearly...
by Bruce | September 11, 2008 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Practice Group Management
More futile ink has been spilled on the issue of "leadership" than, I would wager, any other topic in the managerial literature. But the topic is irresistible. Why? Because deny it as you might, leadership matters. It consistently distinguishes the leading...
by Bruce | August 29, 2008 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Practice Group Management, Technology strategy
Apologies for a dearth of columns this week, but I was at ILTA/2008 at the Gaylord Texan outside Dallas. Two comments about the Gaylord, Dallas, and August. First, the Gaylord comes as close as any place I’ve ever been to meriting the word...
by Bruce | August 16, 2008 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
One of the most famous management books in recent history is The Balanced Scorecard, published in 1996 by two Harvard Business School professors, Robert Kaplan and David Norton. If you’ve never heard of it, you should at the very least become familiar with its...
