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Product. Team. Customers. Processes. Sales. Revenue. Profit. Cash. These are the elements to any good, viable business. But a family business needs more than just those elements to build a sustainable family business. With many dynamics at play, the business owner needs to understand which "hat" to wear, when to wear it, and when to switch. Do you know how to manage it all?
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Why do great family businesses improve despite dealing with the same crappy external factors that destroy some businesses and stall others? Because they practice and execute these tenets...
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One of the biggest barriers to family business growth is the lack of a written strategic plan. Why written? Because research shows when you write down your goals, you are 42% more likely to achieve the desired results. Who doesn’t want those odds on their side?
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Questions are the best way to identify problems and help people find the answers. A question for you… Do you question WHAT you do, HOW you do it, and most importantly WHY you do it?
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Do you have your plan for first quarter 2023? Is it written down for the team to see, understand and act upon? Or is it still tucked away in your head, and shared as needed?
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Here’s the first lesson from the Allied victory on D-Day that’s directly relevant to business in 2022. Planning is essential because things rarely go as planned. Sound like a day in your life as a business owner?
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Some changes are rather small in the large scheme of things. Some changes we choose. We adapt an existing product or launch a new one.
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We have all heard the phrase “the only guarantees in life are Death and Taxes”. I would argue that “Change” should be added to that list.
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We are all too aware of current events nationally and around the world. For two years running, we have been nav...
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“We have always done it that way” This phrase seems harmless. Yet, these 7 words and the resistance...
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In case you haven’t heard, building and growing a business is quite complex. It requires people, all of which have different perspectives, personalities...
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Here’s a concept that might seem controversial to some. Cash is not about finance. Or accounting for that matter. Cash for a business is like oxygen to a human. Without oxygen...
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