As part of my service to our clients and friends of KULPER & COMPANY--both in higher ed and industry-- I enjoy helping to foster better understanding and communication among those who actually lead, and those that study leadership.
Because I am member of the Dean's Advisory Board at the Cotsakos College of Business at William Paterson University we have been considering various ways in which we can help the students and raise the profile of our fine college of business--which is AACSB accredited and boasts one of the finest sales leadership and investment training programs anywhere in the country. About 1 year ago we talked about initiating a LEADERSHIP FORUM where I would interview leaders from a wide variety of industries about their views on leadership, their field of endeavor, and how they got to where they are today.
Our guest leader on evening of October 4, 2011 at the CCOB/WPU is Sander Flaum. Sander is one of the thought leaders in the field of marketing for the pharmaceutical field. His firm FLAUM IDEAS is widely acknowledged to be a top national firm well regarded by CEOs and Presidents of global pharmaceutical companies for its help in developing effective new marketing programs.
The Leadership Forum is exclusively for the students, faculty, administrators and invited guests of Dean, Sam Basu--and me. Please let me know if you are interested in upcoming forums.
Best regards
Keith
Keith D Kulper, President
Keith addressing 12/7/10 meeting of the KULPER Advisory Board held at New Jersey Institute of Technology
Friday, September 30, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
KULPER & COMPANY--Current Market Activity
It is such a choppy market out there. The media is having a field day bringing up the 'R' word every other breath---( CNBC, Bloomberg, etc) and worrying about the end of the Euro--the demise of Greece --financial institution contagion. The DOW's tumble today notwithstanding we are not anywhere near the scary times of fall 08. The market was in free fall then and I was ready to hang my ( then) money manager.
What is happening, now? In our perspective here our clients are certainly concerned about what is going on but they are retaining us for their most important search assignments at the fastest pace in 5 years! Executive search firms can be viewed as a reliable market place barometer....
What does this mean to your organization? If your cash flow is solid and the prospects remain good---you may want to be bold---take advantage of the lowest rates in 50 years and move forward with your growth initiatives. I beleive you will be in good company. Organizations like Clorox, Kimberly Clark, Apple, Honeywell, Dow Chemical and the like ( the strongest US corporations) are not sitting on their hands during this choppy and uncertain time. The best universities are taking the same tack---they are making moves when others are wringing their hands.
From our perspective here ---the search assignments are pouring in and our phone is ringing for more assignments every day! A year ago? It was an entirely different scenario. I have a strong belief that when people decide to use our service there is strong belief in the future of their organization.
Take heart---all this brouhaha will be over eventually. I hope you will be able to make the right decisions for your business and profit from your confidence in what you believe will happen.
All the best
Keith
What is happening, now? In our perspective here our clients are certainly concerned about what is going on but they are retaining us for their most important search assignments at the fastest pace in 5 years! Executive search firms can be viewed as a reliable market place barometer....
What does this mean to your organization? If your cash flow is solid and the prospects remain good---you may want to be bold---take advantage of the lowest rates in 50 years and move forward with your growth initiatives. I beleive you will be in good company. Organizations like Clorox, Kimberly Clark, Apple, Honeywell, Dow Chemical and the like ( the strongest US corporations) are not sitting on their hands during this choppy and uncertain time. The best universities are taking the same tack---they are making moves when others are wringing their hands.
From our perspective here ---the search assignments are pouring in and our phone is ringing for more assignments every day! A year ago? It was an entirely different scenario. I have a strong belief that when people decide to use our service there is strong belief in the future of their organization.
Take heart---all this brouhaha will be over eventually. I hope you will be able to make the right decisions for your business and profit from your confidence in what you believe will happen.
All the best
Keith
Thursday, September 15, 2011
September 15th 2011
The world is a different place every day. We listen to the news and hear about the many doings around the globe ...all of which seem to be double edged. We can take heart in remembering that this is the way things have always been on the planet and will likely always be. Good people still need to take action to make the right things happen so, complacency is rarely the solution.
Our business is very busy on this day. We have a search firm and we are now engaged in 4 searches with 2 more to come on line tomorrow. September 15, 2011 is vastly different for us from a business perspective than September 15, 2010 and that is truly a good thing for us here at KULPER & COMPANY as well as for our clients. Perhaps in the face of high unemployment our clients are now hiring at a faster pace than I have seen in several years. The economy is truly like a rubber band that stretches when pressure is exerted and become slack when pressure is released. What is happening in your business? Are you getting busier? I would venture that you are. I think the economists will be pleasantly surprised when they see the employment #s for fall of 2011---from now until November there is going to be a lot of hiring going on.
The Federal Government ---Congress and the like have a role to play here in that when appropriate and possible they can do things to give the economy a push or save an industry from ruin like they did for the automobile companies. But like the automobile companies who are now paying back the loans they were given, American enterprise needs to stand on its own two feet--and that is just what it is doing. Over the course of time our society will get better not worse, despite all the hand wringing going on from the right or the left. America is a composed of people who are practical and reasonable. We really like it best when people who work creatively and hard can make a difference like Steve Jobs or Henry Ford or the entrepreneur who's name we don't yet know but is working very hard at right this moment to creating a solution to a problem like diabetes, high performance batteries or a vehicle that gets 200 mpg. I think wherever possible we need to think and talk positively. We are a great group of people who can solve any problem in front of us. Remember that your neighbor has much the same challenge as do you---every day---and remember to laugh as often with him or her as you can! Life is truly short...we are meant to enjoy it while we are dealing with its many challenges.
So, todays entry is meant to make us all feel a little better. The sun is still rising for America----don't listen to the naysayers---get busy solving problems.
With hope...
Always,
Keith
Our business is very busy on this day. We have a search firm and we are now engaged in 4 searches with 2 more to come on line tomorrow. September 15, 2011 is vastly different for us from a business perspective than September 15, 2010 and that is truly a good thing for us here at KULPER & COMPANY as well as for our clients. Perhaps in the face of high unemployment our clients are now hiring at a faster pace than I have seen in several years. The economy is truly like a rubber band that stretches when pressure is exerted and become slack when pressure is released. What is happening in your business? Are you getting busier? I would venture that you are. I think the economists will be pleasantly surprised when they see the employment #s for fall of 2011---from now until November there is going to be a lot of hiring going on.
The Federal Government ---Congress and the like have a role to play here in that when appropriate and possible they can do things to give the economy a push or save an industry from ruin like they did for the automobile companies. But like the automobile companies who are now paying back the loans they were given, American enterprise needs to stand on its own two feet--and that is just what it is doing. Over the course of time our society will get better not worse, despite all the hand wringing going on from the right or the left. America is a composed of people who are practical and reasonable. We really like it best when people who work creatively and hard can make a difference like Steve Jobs or Henry Ford or the entrepreneur who's name we don't yet know but is working very hard at right this moment to creating a solution to a problem like diabetes, high performance batteries or a vehicle that gets 200 mpg. I think wherever possible we need to think and talk positively. We are a great group of people who can solve any problem in front of us. Remember that your neighbor has much the same challenge as do you---every day---and remember to laugh as often with him or her as you can! Life is truly short...we are meant to enjoy it while we are dealing with its many challenges.
So, todays entry is meant to make us all feel a little better. The sun is still rising for America----don't listen to the naysayers---get busy solving problems.
With hope...
Always,
Keith
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