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Leadership Insights
Uncovering Passion in Succession
The pivotal juncture of succession planning emerges not just as a transfer of authority, but for continuity fueled by shared passion.
Your Ultimate Summer Leadership Bootcamp
You’ve been appointed to an interim leadership role: The CEO of Summertime. It's a fast-paced and fun role that requires setting a...
Case Study: Developing a Multi-Generational Family and Non-Family Leadership Team
Situation A prominent family-owned water and wastewater solutions company. The owners of the company, two brothers, had no succession...
Case Study: A Supermarket Family
Situation Family: Elderly father, founder and CEO; two brothers, COO & CFO; third brother, passive owner; elderly mother, Chief Emotional...
Case Study: Stalling for 12 Years to Transfer the Family Business
Situation Family: Elderly father/founder; two brothers and a sister are active; one brother is a passive owner; elderly mother is an...
Case Study: Parents are Business Partners, But are at Odds
Situation Family: Parents were co‐founders; one son (John) and daughter (Sue) are active; another son (James) is a passive owner....
Case Study: Dad, Mom, and the Boys
Situation Family: A Father in his 60s and two sons in their 30s, both active in the business. Father founded it in 1984. Business: A...
Strategic Planning for Family-Owned Businesses is Vital
To ensure survival in today’s competitive climate, you must look beyond the day-to-day and challenge tradition. Most family business...
Feedback: The Subtle Engine of Growth & Satisfaction
Feedback is not something that mankind invented; that honor goes to Mother Nature. Virtually every successful living organism, from...
Speaking and Listening With Intent
The ability to communicate something more than just the simplest of concepts is a distinguishing attribute that elevates humans above all...
Achieving Breakthrough Creativity Thru Conflict
Conflict is a natural part of life and work. Since we each hold unique perspectives, we will not agree on every issue. The word...
Lessons From Cats, How to Deal With Crisis
In these trying times, I find myself turning to anyone for help or answers about how best to deal with social distancing. I have read...
At Least, We Can Still Laugh
My husband and I, from the very start of our relationship, dealt with disruptions to our plans. Within the first three months of dating,...
Homework is Not Just For Children
Given current events, today we are working in an environment that is not designed for optimizing our productivity and minimizing...
Someone, Lead Us Out of This Crisis!
Not since the Bay of Pigs and the resultant Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 has there been such a period of turmoil and uncertainty as...
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