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As another year comes to a close, business owners will be busy poring through financial statements to determine the extent to which they need to do tax planning.  They may also be busy [...]

I had an interesting (an unfortunately, not atypical) conversation with a family business owner this weekend.  Dad owns a very successful construction company, but is in his 70’s and wants [...]

Today’s guest post is written by Mike Boyle – Head Sales Scientist – Banjar Group Lately I have been using a story to help my customers focus on where they are during these indifferent [...]

One of the issues family businesses face is the idea of having non-family members in key roles in the business.  Mom & Dad started the business (or Grandpa & Grandma) and no [...]

We recently posted a blog series on Succession planning (July/August).  Some of the questions we asked (Who is the best candidate to succeed you?  What are you doing to prepare the next [...]

It is college recruitment time here at Cain Ellsworth & Company.  This is the time of year when we spend a lot of time on college campuses informing students of who we are and searching [...]

The concept of Core Values is one we’ve discussed before, but some recent experiences have brought it to the front of my mind once again.  Over the past year, I have had the opportunity to [...]

I was reminded today of the concept of Locus of Control.  The idea is basically this:  to what degree do you feel you’re in charge of your life?  Or your business?  You might [...]

It’s time to wrap this up.  We’ve covered five questions to ask yourself about succession planning and now it’s time for #6.  This one is more about you [...]

We’ve spent the past few weeks discussing whom will succeed you and how they’ll be prepared.  We’ve discussed communication and the importance of putting dates on your [...]