6 Questions About Succession Planning: What’s Your Role?
We’ve spent the past few weeks discussing whom will succeed you and how they’ll be prepared. We’ve discussed communication and the importance of putting ...
6 Questions About Succession Planning: When?
So you’ve chosen a successor, you’re preparing them to lead the business and you’ve told everyone what you’re doing. Now it’s just a matter ...
6 Questions About Succession Planning: Communication?
Last week, we tossed around ideas on preparing your successor. There are so many people and things they need to know. You need to have a detailed, written ...
6 Questions About Succession Planning: Is Your Successor Prepared?
Last week we discussed identifying your successor. We could write for weeks on the qualities that person should have (and we will), but for now ...
6 Questions About Succession Planning: Who?
Congratulations! The fact that you’re reading this means that you’re at least willing to think about succession planning, which puts you ahead of most ...
6 Questions to ask Yourself About Succession Planning – Part I
Here’s a sobering truth about family business: Only about 30% survive to the second generation (per the Family Business Institute in Raleigh, NC). Think ...
Generational Differences Extend to Economic Challenges and Retirement
Today, we are sharing a guest blog post from Kelly McDonald. Kelly is a marketing and advertising expert with more than 20 years of ...
Be a Good Listener.
Today’s post is a guest blog from Marisa Gift. Marisa, a trainer at Dale Carnegie Training, is blogging on a year of living the the ...
Batter Up! Why is Change so Difficult?
Why is it that change is so hard for so many of us? Me included. First, as human beings we don’t like uncertainty, and ...
Baseball and Decision-Making
Last week I made a trip to Minneapolis to watch my beloved Minnesota Twins play baseball at Target Field. I’m always talking about getting ...
