I have been involved with the Mergers and Acquisitions marketplace for several years. I have seen my fair share of the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to the orientations, motivations, and activities of the various Private Equity firms (as well as some Hedge Funds) to whom I have been exposed and with whom I…
Using East of England as a Springboard for Entry Into Europe Specializing in Operational Excellence and leveraging the disciplines of Lean Six-Sigma, XONITEK Corporation is a management and technologies consulting firm that operates worldwide and has a reputation for improving the performance of client companies. Headquartered in New York, the company provides highly-skilled practitioners with real world experience…
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel discussion on “Operational Improvement and the Potential that can be Realized” at the Association for Corporate Growth’s (2nd Annual Manufacturing & Logistics Conference” at theWestchester Country Club The conference kicked-off with a keynote address from Matt “Boom” Daniel, the owner of Business Battlefield,…
The one question I am asked more frequently than any other is, “How can you get people to change?” Many managers and business owners I talk to seem to be stumped by this question. They feel that people often resist change in order to keep things status quo, which is often motivated by fear of change. While…
“Man down! Heat casualty! Candidate, get his temperature! Now! Get a measurement! “Roger that, sir. He’s hot, 104.” “Corpsman! Quickly, we have a possible heat stroke here!” This emergency unfolded during a field exercise more than 20 years ago at Officer CandidateSchool at the United States Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia. We were training in full combat gear on a muggy, 95 degree day…
