Focus is the key to longevity
I have just read a great story on Buffalo News of a law firm that believes in maintaining focus. Below is a quote from the article that is particularly relevant.
“Over the years, we have faced enormous challenges. We weren’t always a 200-year-old firm with a solid book of well-respected, well-regarded clients with a brand name that everyone knows in the marketplace,” said Gary Schober, CEO of Hodgson Russ LLP, Buffalo’s largest and oldest law firm, which this year is 191 years old. “We were fledgling at one time, just like every other business.”
Now, as the nation faces a severe recession and economic crisis not seen in more than 70 years, their current leaders have found that the same traits that got their companies through past trials are helping them survive the current downturn.
“We found if you narrow the things that you think are important and execute them consistently, then you can stay relevant [to your customers],” said Mark Czarnecki, president of M&T Bank Corp., which was founded in 1856 as Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. by a handful of Buffalo business leaders. “That doesn’t mean you don’t change. But if you understand the things that are important to you, your customers and your employees, and you stay focused on them, you’re going to be moving in the right direction.”
The full story can be found at :
http://www.buffalonews.com/145/story/593706.html
I strongly recommend you to this article.
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