Create an Optimally Sized Business Instead of Fretting About Succession
If you are the majority owner of a business and feel yourself shutting down when the subject of succession comes up, consider the following layers: YOU – Reflect first on the results of appointments...
View ArticleDisillusion
Disillusion. What a fascinating word. How many Baby Boomer business owners do you know (perhaps yourself?) who have become disillusioned? The recession and the long period of uncertainty that has...
View ArticleAre You Inadvertently Losing the Option for Succession From Within?
Recently, we’ve been seeing more and more leaders of midsized companies struggle with succession and feeling forced to consider affiliation with larger entities because they have gaps in their...
View ArticleAhhh, Family
The brother came to quarterly board meetings, but that was about it. He happily pulled his share of the profits from the family business for years and years and years. Amazingly, he became tired of...
View ArticleAttract Young Employees…and Make it Worth Doing
Supervising Generation Y employees (born 1977 – 1990) and Millennial employees (born 1991 – ) poses several challenges. One of my clients, who has become fairly frustrated, says: “It isn’t just that...
View ArticleFounders: Seriously Consider Replacing Yourself as President
OK…Steve Jobs comes to mind. But, he kept coming back, plus this blog is about midsized privately held companies. The Founder’s skills are often related to a concept, a product, or a better way to...
View ArticleAs an Entrepreneur, Have You Lost Your Authentic Swing?
I love the 2000 movie The Legend of Bagger Vance. Remember it? Directed by Robert Redford, the movie was based on Steven Pressfield’s 1995 book with the same name. The actors include luminaries Jack...
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