Graeme Deans

Biography:

Graeme Deans is a Partner with the Toronto office of the SECOR Group, a Canadian strategic-management consulting firm. Mr. Deans can be reached at gdeans@secorgroup.com.

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Leadership

LEADER-SHEEP: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE CRISIS

by , et al.Issue: September / October 2010

While the economic crisis has exposed poorly performing companies, it has most of all exposed poorly performing CEOs.…

The Organization

GROWTH FOR GROWTH’S SAKE: A RECIPE FOR A POTENTIAL DISASTER

by , et al.Issue: September / October 2008

It’s easy enough to grow by acquisition or launching a new line that increases revenue dramatically. Such growth initiatives,……

Strategy

PRICING FOR GROWTH AND PROFITS

by , et al.Issue: September / October 2005

Many companies have a significant opportunity to improve their top- and bottom-line growth by improving their processes……

Strategy

STRETCH! HOW GREAT COMPANIES GROW IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD

by Issue: May / June 2004

To the surprise of many, it's back! We're talking about GROWTH, the intoxicating - and in many cases, company destroying……

The Organization

MASTERING INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION: STRATEGIES FOR WINNING THE MERGER

by Issue: July / August 2003

The pace of mergers and acquisitions has fallen off drastically in the past few years, but, this author says, we are…

Strategy

MAKING A KEY DECISION IN A DOWNTURN: GO ON THE OFFENSIVE OR BE DEFENSIVE?

by , et al.Issue: January / February 2009

In an economic downturn, decision-making is distilled in to a clear-cut choice: Do you go on the offensive, aggressively……