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Succession planning is a process, not an event.  It doesn’t matter if your chosen exit strategy is a transfer within the family or an outright sale.  The process takes time, [...]

  When a qualified son or daughter decides not to join the family business it can cause confusion, resentment and emotional distress for the entire family.  So why would an individual [...]

A 2011 survey of family businesses conducted by Family Business Magazine revealed that over 35% of business leaders will retire in the next five years and nearly 60% will retire in the next ten [...]

In our previous post, we introduced John Kotter’s bestselling book, A Sense of Urgency.  Now we will continue with some of Kotter’s advice for dealing with [...]

  In his bestselling book, A Sense of Urgency, John Kotter examines an issue that I believe is critical to every organization.  The issue is how business leaders can create a high [...]

In the current economic environment, many business leaders are finding it difficult to grow the bottom line.  Often, either because of frustration or desperation, strategy defaults to [...]

Have you ever heard one of your employees say something like this, or perhaps even said it yourself?   “You can doo 100 things right and not hear a darn thing about it.  [...]

In conjunction with Mindshop International, we are pleased to offer you our FREE online Growth and Profit Solutions (GPS) Diagnostic.  This online business assessment will help you [...]

In last week’s blog, I talked about the importance of planning, and how the primary issue with implementation of plans relates to accountability.  We closed with the concept of locus [...]

In our last posting we touched on the ideas of Dissatisfaction & Vision, two parts of the change formula.  So let’s imagine a world where you’ve established and communicated [...]