Conflict is Good

While unbridled anger and petty politics have no place in the boardroom or the office, conflict does – controlled conflict that is, for it allows an exchange of different ideas and the addressing of competing interests. Well, we all know that! But what if this author...

People Are the Problem

People are praised when they achieve great things – often revered and idolized. Just as frequently, people are blamed when things go wrong and, every bit as likely, denigrated and despised. People are of course, the reason great things happen in business and yet...

WHY MERGERS FAIL

Mergers all too frequently turn sour despite the usual goodwill of the parties involved and the lengthy preparations taken to make them work. At the bottom of this frequent disaster lies a lack of understanding of the predictable evolution of companies1 and the...

TRAINING YOUR BOSS

It is safe to say that most supervisors, or other titled people who oversee staff, have not mastered the art and skill of managing. It follows that most employees under those bosses are managed inadequately. The odds are, therefore, that  you are among those...

THE PAVF HISTORY OF CANADA

The CCCC personality profile methodology (PAVF1) is used to predict the behavior of individuals, departments and of complete corporations. Beyond that we have demonstrated how PAVF can be applied to form a comprehension of political states and their histories with the...