Resources for Family Businesses

Family and non-family businesses alike have much to gain by expanding their focus on developing a culture that is aligned with their mission. Just ask these folks what it’s meant to them.

Every year we make commitments both personally and professionally. We commit to developing our strategic plan, establishing a board of advisors or some other important issue to our family business. Consider this countdown to success in 2022 and get to work!

Get over it! Your generation is not as different as you believe.  You have more in common with the one before and after you than you think.  Tools are different, values often shared.

Every year we make commitments both personally and professionally. We commit to developing our strategic plan, establishing a board of advisors or some other important issue to our family business. Consider this countdown to success in 2019 and get to work!

The steps taken in making better decisions is a process.  In this final installment of a series learn about tradeoffs leading up to a final choice and how to best approach that departure point with confidence.

Choices have consequences. It’s not enough to just think about the alternatives we might decide between. Learn how to improve your probability of choosing wisely.

It is possible to prevent sexual harassment. It requires a different approach to creating the cultures we need in the workplace and the recognition of how limited our corporate value statements are in guiding behaviors.

As she approached a fork in the road,  Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire Cat tells Alice that where she ends up depends on which of two paths she takes. Wouldn’t Alice have been better served with more choices…?

It has never been more important to be disciplined in our approach to decision-making than it is today. The expanse of choices available increase the risk of choosing poorly without a process. In this series learn how to make smarter choices and WIN!

Writing coaches tell writers when they’re blocked “just start”. Approaching the process of decision making, like so many things, is all about that first step. The first step is not always the same. In this installment, we begin by managing risk with the right first step for making better decisions.

There are few things more important than the decisions we make. Big strategic ones, small operational ones, important family business-related ones, and less significant ones. Doesn’t it make sense then, that we approach decisions with thoughtfulness? Learn this disciplined approach to decision-making then adopt is as your own.

According to KPMG up to 83% of mergers fail. Much of that failure can be traced to the challenges of integrating disparate cultures. Look before you leap and include a cultural assessment in your due diligence process.