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You’ve heard the old saying, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” That sounds pretty benign until you consider all the places you don’t want to be but might find yourself.

Fight or flight syndrome leaves out an important – and destructive – third reaction. Freeze. Are you doing the business equivalent of the suicidal bunny routine?

There’s a lot of talk about how everything is changing. But popular analysis and reflection seems to stop just below the dermis of the issue, talking endlessly about jobs loss, the credit crunch, foreclosures, and the anticipated stimulus package. Not that these aren’t important issues, but given that we live in a 24-hour news cycle, [...]

One of the most important things any business must do is create stability. And one of the other most important things any business must do is always be prepared to change. So it’s no wonder that many business leaders find themselves caught in a conundrum. If stability is most important, then how can they be [...]