"We get in trouble when we forget the basics.We get out of trouble when we remember the basics"

Tom Peters escreveu recentemente acerca desta crise em que vivemos:
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""We get in trouble when we forget the basics.We get out of trouble when we remember the basics.We stay out of trouble when we become perpetually "insane" about the basics."
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Um dos fundamentais mais importantes que conheço, resume-se bem numa rima:
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Volume is Vanity;
Profit is Sanity.
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Sou um apreciador das ideias de Hermann Simon, por exemplo no seu livro "Manage for Profit Not For Market Share", daí que me faça sempre impressão o crescimento cego, ainda que à custa da rentabilidade.
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Bom, voltando a Tom Peters: "We get in trouble when we forget the basics.We get out of trouble when we remember the basics.We stay out of trouble when we become perpetually "insane" about the basics."
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Também Ram Charan, no seu livro "Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty", publicado já durante o ano de 2009, aconselha:
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"Your focus must shift from the income statement to the balance sheet. Protecting cash flow is the most important challenge almost all companies face today whether they realize it or not.
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Pursuit of revenue growth must give way to understanding the cash implications of everything your company does.
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Because lack of liquidity will be an ever-present lethal threat, you will have to manage conservatively, lowering your cash breakeven point as rapidly as possible for the worst-case scenario.
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After spending their careers in a single-minded pursuit of growth, business leaders have to adjust their mentality. Some CEOs are telling their people that they should go for market share against competitors whose conditios could be unraveling. You should pursue that kind of growth only if it is profitable and cash-efficient.
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One CEO I know surrendered 8% of his volume when he raised prices, but the new prices stuck and the result was the security of improved cash flow. It was a risky move. I recommend that in this environment you only raise prices on your least profitable customers. Even then, be prepared to walk away from those customers if they balk.
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This is a time to narrow your focus and concentrate on the core of the business: the invaluable assets you can´t afford to lose. Choose the market segments and even the particular customers you will continue to serve, the products you will continue to make, and the suppliers you will continue to buy from and eliminate the rest."
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O que é que andamos a pregar há 4 anos neste espaço?
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The basics, os fundamentais!!!
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A concentração no que é essencial.