The Care and Feeding of Your “Two-position Player”
The number of credentialed professionals whose business valuation and litigation support work comprises less than 100% of their practice has grown significantly over the last five years. When [...]
Four Keys to Keeping Top Talent
Just when you thought things were going well, you lost a top performer to ostensibly greener pastures. It might have been to an opportunity which, on the surface at least, seemed less attractive [...]
Reference Checks: Don’t Jump the Gun
Business valuation is such a small world. So, when you’re considering hiring Vince Valuation, who used to work for Frank Former Employer, whom you know, the obvious move is to give Frank a quick [...]
“Clever: Leading Your Smartest, Most Creative People”
Most practices have them. Talent who habitually punch above their weight. Maybe you have several. Maybe only a handful.
2nd Quarter 2010 Introduction
There is more optimism among BV professionals than we have seen for awhile. The impact of the economic downturn has been blunted and, overall, work is returning to a more steady flow.
Options and Career Choices: A Personal View
It seems like the Great Recession of 2009-2010 spared no one if my experiences are typical. My old firm, in a very small market in Boise, Idaho, was hit particularly hard. They had to make [...]
You Don’t Know What You Could Be Missing
Business valuation is such a small world. It’s easy to think that you can make a job change on your own. Whisper a word in someone’s ear. Make a discreet phone call. But, a do-it-yourself job [...]
No Credentials: What’s Your Excuse?
Credentials, alone, won’t advance your BV career. But, if you’ve been in the profession for a couple years, and haven’t begun work on one credential or another, you could be cutting your career [...]
High-Paid Technician or BV Dinosaur?
One of the unforeseen outcomes of the recent downturn is the impact on the hierarchy in BV practices. Professionals whose years of experience had made them high-paid technicians, but who had not [...]
2nd Quarter 2010 Introduction
Yes, the world of the BV professional is improving. Not in every market. Not in every practice. But enough that our confidence in the future continues to grow.
