Published Articles

Rob’s articles have been published in such journals as Forbes.com, CFO.com, the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal and the East Bay Business Times (now part of the San Francisco Business Times).

In Forbes.com:

Why IBM CEO's Public Spanking of the Sales Function Was the Right Move

The Lessons of JC Penny: How Bringing in New Blood at the Top Can Lead to Substantial Bleeding

Why Dictatorial CEOs Increasingly Put Their Companies at Risk (and What to Do About It)

When Persistence Can Be Perilous

Why Industry Consolidations Like the American Airlines and US Airways Merger Are Not Just for Big Companies

Lance Armstrong: A Positive Influence on Management?

CEO Experience Navigating Fiscal Cliffs: Lessons for Washington?

The Lesson of H-P for Mid-Market Companies

Business Leadership Lessons from Obama and Romney

Reducing the Risks of a Deadly Diversification

Why Strategies Go Awry: Vision Fixation

Attempted Growth Can Leave You Broke: Part II

Legal Lessons for Mid-Sized Firms from the Apple-Samsung Patent War

When Shooting for Growth Can Leave You Broke

Why You Need Dissatisfied Employees

7 Essentials to Sell Your Company at a Premium

The Case for Stack Ranking of Employees

Believe It or Not, Some CEOs Are Underpaid

How to Assess the Headache Quotient of a Potential Acquisition

12 Signs That an Acquisition Will Crater  

How to Introduce Business Planning in a Sea of Resistance

Loyalty to Your Underlings Can Be a Terrible Thing

Why Half of All M&A Deals Fail, and What You Can Do About It

Google Can Survive Too Much Innovation. You Can't.

Will Instagram Be a Billion-Dollar Loss for Facebook?

 

In CFO.com:

Keeping Revenue and Budget on Target

CFOs Can Help Themselves by Helping Sales Improve Forecasts

How CFOs Can Prevent Board Blowups

 

In the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal:

Closing the feedback loop can help a business grow

Identifying new business ideas takes discipline

Startups need to own the vision

Keeping your core competencies from meltdown

Giving generous pay can lead to happy returns”

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