| Reaching what are often well publicised milestones, or striving to gain or retain a competitive advantage is very much about taking calculated risks, about making decisions where the outcome is less than certain. If there is a successful outcome, the hero is born - if only for a day. If companies do stumble somewhat, then let us applaud the fact that there was courage enough for a decision in the first place. Then let us learn and move forward.
But What if Progress is Hindered Due to Avoidable Causes?
It is people who make decisions, and who subsequently implement them, and in today's tough and unforgiving marketplace, the absence of experienced and competent individuals within an organisation is now rightly deemed to be unacceptable. Indeed, the permanent recruitment of high quality staff is critical and does take time, but not having the right people in the right place - exactly when they are needed - is simply not acceptable anymore. |
