Resistance to Change – A Universal Personal Quality Change is not something very many people embrace. In fact, it seems that many will flee change as if it were the plague! To prepare a company to be in the best…

Of the hundreds of business people I have talked to, it is remarkable how many have frustrations concerning time.  They are frustrated because there is not enough time to accomplish everything their businesses need, nor is there enough time to…

Operating a private business can totally dominate the thinking of its owners.  Yet,  the owner has only him or herself to rely on if they want to achieve all their goals, tangible and intangible, from their business. But owners 1)…

Alternatives for Creating Owner Wealth There are four alternatives that we recommend and implement with our clients other than or in addition to the sale of the business for developing owner wealth.  These alternatives are not mutually exclusive. Often we…

Building and Executing a Successful Succession Plan Building and executing a successful succession plan is one of the most difficult tasks to accomplish.  Many owners experience extreme frustration when trying to execute succession plans and even abandon them after many…

Private business owners frequently have a strong desire to see their business legacy carried on by their families. Often this desire to pass the business to another generation brings out conflicts, stress and dissension among family members. How Deep Are…

Avoiding the Four Horsemen of The Business Owner’s Apocalypse – Getting the Reward You Want and Deserve – The Trinity of the Business Owner’s Salvation We’ve been discussing over the last five weeks four behaviors that consistently, time and again…

I get a lot of puzzled looks when I bring up this one.  Clearly I was stretching for a fourth Horseman wasn’t I?  But this last Horseman is yet more subtle and insidious than Disruption.  Because his is the Horseman…

The topics that are affecting business owners of the baby boomer generation are not new.  And no one expert has all the answers, least of all myself.  I am constantly perusing the work of others to find things that broaden…

I’ve been talking about a series of behaviors that again and again and again undermine business owners’ from achieving their ultimate rewards. I’ve called them the Four Horsemen of the Business Owner’s Apocalypse. We’ve discussed the first two, Denial and…