Contact Metre22

Can Too Much Teamwork on Strategy Create a Monster?

  • Posted by Don Robinson
  • On August 30, 2018
  • 0 Comments
On occasion my family will embark on a family-pizza-night adventure. It’s quite the team-building exercise since most of the places we frequent serve pizza sized to feed the entire family rather than the four individuals who make up our clan. The “team building” part of the program comes in deciding what type of pizza to […]
Read More
 

Have Mergers and Acquisitions Left You With Too Much ‘Stuff’ In Your Corporate Garage?

  • Posted by Don Robinson
  • On January 12, 2018
  • 0 Comments
  • Mergers and Acquisitions, strategy
“…that’s all you need in life, is a little place for your stuff, ya know?” ~ George Carlin In his classic and truly genius comedic skit, George Carlin highlights our absurd proclivity to acquire and then have to store our “stuff.”  In the U.S., the overwhelming amount of stuff has given rise to the storage industry which now […]
Read More
 1

In A New C-Suite Role? Your Communications Style Sets Tone and Culture.

  • Posted by Don Robinson
  • On January 2, 2018
  • 0 Comments
  • corporate culture, Leadership, structure
First Impressions Create Lasting Impressions When new executive leaders transition into their roles, the entire organization tunes in. How messages get delivered internally is an important choice to which newly-anointed executives should pay close attention. The “right” mix of communication channels and styles to the organization is not a one-size-fits-all proposition – the needs and […]
Read More
 

After the Merger: Successfully Blending Corporate Cultures

  • Posted by Don Robinson
  • On December 12, 2017
  • 0 Comments
  • corporate cultures, Leadership, Mergers and Acquisitions
When two companies merge, the primary focus is usually on how quickly the organization can blend and optimize operations and take advantage of sales and marketing synergies. And that’s great. But there’s another issue that requires just as much attention: Corporate Culture. When companies are merging, differences in corporate culture become immediately evident. Those differences often […]
Read More
 

What Theo, Joe and the Cubs Teach Us About Building a Winning Corporate Culture

  • Posted by Don Robinson
  • On May 19, 2017
  • 0 Comments
  • change management, Mergers & Acquisitions
Watching the now World Champion Chicago Cubs make their run last fall was as exciting a time in sports as I can remember.  I’ve attended some thrilling games at Wrigley over the years, but nothing compared to the experience of getting to attend Game 5 of the World Series on a crisp Sunday evening at the […]
Read More