Succession Planning – The Back Burner Resident

If there is a topic which family businesses like leaving on the back burner, that is succession planning. A research article just published a few days ago explains why. This research article (click HERE to read it) concludes as follows "While the need for succession planning and plan preparation is clearly expressed, no steps are …

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We need Women to Lead

The business environment is materially changing from the economics of the ‘80s and ‘90s and the 20th century. The fundamentals of accepted business practice was based on competition, which then influenced business vision, strategy and decision-making. Businesses were built like machines with various silos each fulfilling its own function. The change brought about in the …

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Banks – better to love them, than hate them….

After grumbling about the under performance of various employees, many family business owners, often grumble with me about banks. Some grumbling may be justified, especially with regards some fees that seem unjustified. However many family business owners speak to me nostalgically about the days when getting an overdraft or a bank loan was an easy …

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