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Another success with Open Book Management

I recently wrote an article on the benefits of Open Book Management (OBM) that was published in my firm's print newsletter. The article noted that widely varied companies have benefited from the practice of sharing their financial affairs with their employees, although use of the practice is not... more »

Is Obama taking advantage of our banks?

Today the news of the day on Wall Street is the shouting about President Obama’s intention to assess major financial institutions additional fees to help compensate the government for its TARP losses in bailing them out. According to analysts quoted by Marketwatch.com, the eight largest banks... more »

Good news for CEOs looking to upgrade financial staff

We read the unemployment numbers regularly, and we look for employment to start turning up, or at least stop going down, as first signs that the consumer can afford to return to spending and make everyone’s life a little easier. We learn that still another company has failed, is failing or in... more »

Happy Holidays

Wishing you, your families, and your employees all the best this Holiday Season. We all faced a challenging year in 2009.  I hope that you, like me, are looking forward to a better and brighter 2010. I believe the second half of next year will demonstrate to all the naysayers that the recovery has... more »

David Weidner, writing for MarketWatch.com had this great quote today:
"...bankers without a lust for power are like politicians unwilling to lie: neither gets very far."
Don't you love it? more »

The Labor Secretary speaks. Management should probably listen.

Today's Wall Street Journal reported an announcement by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis that her agency will work next year to enact a laundry list of new rules to protect workers from unfair employers. While it's clear that some, perhaps most, of these rules are designed to aid the Obama... more »