Stephen H Baum Leadership

Wrong question. Rather, are we prepared for wherever we are going?

An all-day  conference of companies owned by private equity doyen Castle Harlan and their Australian partners provided benchmarks for the second question. It was reassuring to see so many weathering 2008 so well and so many seizing opportunities to position for growth after the storm subsides.

For my set of notes from the day, see below the text.

I believe there is still a good chance of another downturn before a later chapter of stability (not counting the effects of inflation). But staying fiscally fit at a lower level of capacity while seizing unique opportunities to grab talent, market share and technology prepares one for more than one scenario.  That’s my view. What’s yours?

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