It’s time to wrap this up.  We’ve covered five questions to ask yourself about succession planning and now it’s time for #6.  This one ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today, we are sharing a guest blog post from Kelly McDonald.  Kelly is a marketing and advertising expert with more than 20 years of ...

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 ...

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 ...