Is Your Business Model Sustainability Proof?

Blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company
Jul 20, 2011 1:30 PM ET

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Compa…

“Most businesspeople are so busy working for their business or in their business that they never find time to work on their business. Thus they fail to anticipate what might happen or what they might be able to make happen”. –The Fast East the Slow   As a professional consultant, I've witnessed too often business models and strategies that have become stagnate with companies failing to take proactive or immediate action.  Soon a once thriving business becomes out of touch with the consumer.  In my professional consulting, I have learned that one of the keys to business sustainability is a conscious and continuous effort for improvement.     There is value in regularly scheduling time to work on the business and answer critical questions affecting the business and its stakeholders. The post, Steps to Business Sustainability, articulates how managing a successful sustainability plan is a continuous process that does not end with implementation.  True value capture comes from strategies that continuously engage the expectations of key stakeholders. These ongoing touch points with key players creates a dynamic work-plan with periodic checkpoints of performance.  Click here to discover if your business is sustainability proof.   

Home to one third of the earth's trees, the Taiga is the largest land-based biosphere and encircles the globe. Its immense oxygen production literally changes the atmosphere and refreshes the planet. It is this continuous renewal that has shaped Taiga Company's vision to drive similar change in the business world. Taiga Company seeks to be the "oxygen for your business".