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 people. There are so [...]
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 about that. [...]
Today, we are sharing a guest blog post from Kelly McDonald. Kelly is a marketing and advertising expert with more than 20 years of global advertising agency experience. She is a [...]
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 Dale Carnegie Principles. Check out her [...]
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 change – almost any type of change – inherently involves [...]
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 away to more games, but most often it’s just [...]
We’re almost there. I’ve spent six weeks trying to lay out a long-term strategy development process that isn’t overwhelming (I hope). I’ve tried to break [...]
Understanding the NOW and WHERE of your Patrons, Products, Promotion, and People are key parts of developing long-term strategy. Even if you have an understanding of all of those things, [...]
So far in our strategic planning model we have talked about patrons, products, and promotion. What about the people, your employees? Who will support all your clients(finance, [...]
The last two posts have discussed who we want to sell to and what we want to sell to them. So how are we going to get those people to buy those products? Now we’re talking [...]
