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BLOG | LEADERSHIP
Does your team have your back?
Can you say you truly care about the individuals on your team? Yes, I did just ask that. Let me share some thoughts on this while you contemplate your answer. Have you ever read the book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, by Patrick Lencioni? If not, I wholeheartedly recommend it. It’s a quick read and very interesting – not your typical business book...
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BLOG | TRANSITION / SUCCESSION
How to FAIL at succession planning in 3 easy steps…
While I love reading articles like “the top 10 ways to….” or “how to succeed in business without really trying”, sometimes I’m more curious about how to avoid...
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BLOG | FAMILY DYNAMICS / GOVERNANCE
The Cousin Federation
It’s a common phenomenon around the world. Family businesses rise like a phoenix from the ashes, powered by an entrepreneur’s vision and passion to do something better than what existed, transition to the second generation who work to preserve the wealth, only to see the family business return to the ashes from which they rose three generations earlier.
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BLOG | LEADERSHIP
Attention Please. Now Boarding All High Performer
Two years ago, I boarded a plane for California. I remember it being BEFORE DAWN…which is so NOT my time of day…
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BLOG | LEADERSHIP
Multiply What Matters Most – the Genius Around You
How can you ensure you’re creating and leaving a positive leadership legacy for yourself and your team? Everyone has bad days, sure. But you need to have the good days outnumber the bad ones. How? Become a Multiplier leader. Multipliers get 200% more capability from their employees than Accidental Diminishers do.
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BLOG | LEADERSHIP
SOAR or SINK? It all comes down to this.
Well, here we are…a few weeks out from our New Year’s Resolutions. How are you doing?
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BLOG | SYSTEMS
Business Systems: The Key to Scaling
Have you mapped out your core business systems? Can you ensure everyone on your team understands exactly what is needed and how to complete the required steps of your processes? Are you able to transfer that knowledge to new hires and train them? How will you fill the gap if a key employee leaves?
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BLOG | FAMILY DYNAMICS / GOVERNANCE
What’s love (power & money) got to do with family business? EVERYTHING.
When I began my career in family business consulting nearly 20 years ago, I met Dean Fowler, one of the early thought leaders in the field of family business and author of several books, most notably Love, Power and Money. As it turns out, these 3 words line up perfectly with the famed 3-circle model developed by Davis and Tagiuri of the Harvard Business School in 1978, depicting the family business system - the intersecting circles of family, business, and ownership...
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BLOG | CUSTOMER
Hiring a Milkshake – A Jobs to Be Done Business Story
According to Peter Drucker, a customer rarely buys what the company thinks it’s selling. Wait, what? That’s right – what the company had in mind when first creating the product or service is likely NOT the real reason a customer will buy it. This is where I want to introduce the concept of jobs to be done...
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BLOG | LEADERSHIP
Agreeing to be Productive
You did it. You made it through the majority of the chaos. You figured out how your business can survive post-COVID. You pivoted...
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