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2Bobs—with David C. Baker and Blair Enns cover image

Is Your Firm Addicted to New Business?

2Bobs—with David C. Baker and Blair Enns

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New Business Machine Firms Aren't Growing at All

This kind of a firm is often also acquisitive. In other words, they're looking for firms to buy because they're so enabored with growth. I was keynoting a conference three years ago as a PR conference. And right before I was supposed to get on stage, somebody else was speaking who runs a large global firm. He said something like 657 RFPs this year. That's a new business machine firm where they think that's exciting that they had that many opportunities to sell. It's a leaky bucket. They're really good at new business. So then they just don't care about clients leaving or is it their panic because clients are leaving and

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