The continuing strength in the US middle market sector is the engine behind the strong job market and consumer spending. Data from the National Center for the Middle Market Year-End 2022 Report supports our claim that this growth is indeed stalling the Fed’s efforts to drive the economy into recession. Read more…
This blog’s focus is to make business leaders aware of the 2022 Colorado Competitive Landscape Report which provides a wealth of usable information for planning and implementing strategy in 2023. We believe that many of the recommendations contained in this report are spot-on for middle market businesses. Kudos to Dietrich Read more…
Some would argue that the essence of a successful business is building an operation that is profitable and sustainable over a long period of time. Others might say it’s effectively executing a business plan that delivers the intended ROI to investors/shareholders within a promised time frame. And yet another interpretation Read more…
With 2022 drawing to a close, you could ask yourself: what did we learn this year, what might recur next year, and what can be done differently in the coming year? 2022 brought us: Rising inflation at a level not seen in a generation Supply chain issues that robbed us Read more…
There is an adage: “Climate is what you expect but weather is what you get.” Are you planning for weather or hoping for a mild climate? Climate is built on averages over time and does not translate well to a single day, while weather is a time fraction of climate Read more…
Uncertainty is never a pleasant state of being, but when was the last time you lived in a certain world? Likely, that ended on your first day in preschool. Your outlook for 2023 depends on your industry and how much you believe the accuracy of mainstream media. We subscribe to Read more…
The media is filled with warnings of a looming recession, and unfortunately, there are far more questions and speculation than there are answers. No one really knows if we’ll have a soft or hard landing, how long the recession might last, and how much impact it could have on the Read more…
We’ve been talking a lot about how successful companies build effective leadership teams because it is foundational to a company’s success. When leadership teams are not in alignment, it can be detrimental to the growth of the company. Our recent blog covered the differences between chemistry and alignment in a Read more…
Effective leadership teams are comprised of many things, including a bias for action, trust in one another, and ownership thinking. Some of the more nuanced elements of effective teams involve their chemistry and alignment, and we find that these two are the factors which can have the most significant impact Read more…
