Are your consultants paying dividends?

One of our management consultants was perusing this month’s HBR and came across an article on ‘The Merger Dividend’. It provoked  discussion on the skills you need to engage senior executives in high-stake moves.

Able and How is well aware of the risks inherent in a merger. We understand the complex changes that need to happen. And we understand the need [...]

Citi shambles: organisational hubris

SW LONDON — At dinner last night, a senior banking friend leaned in to me and said: “Why is it that a guy steals £200 and he goes to jail, but a guy like Madoff is still walking around?”

It took me a few moments to realise that it was a genuine question. And one he seemed to have been [...]