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  • Recognizing & Regaining Perspective Recognizing & Regaining Perspective

    Recognizing & Regaining Perspective

Recognizing & Regaining Perspective

Is the glass half full or half empty?  How you answer depends on your perspective.  For someone who has always received a full glass and now is being told this is all the water available, this picture can be a perilous omen.  On the other hand, someone lost in the desert might describe it as salvation.

Perspective is critical when making decisions within your company.  A distorted perspective can lead to the wrong decision, sometimes with disastrous consequences.  (more…)

  • Overcoming Decision Fatigue Overcoming Decision Fatigue

    Overcoming Decision Fatigue

Overcoming Decision Fatigue

I was perplexed at the outcome of a recent meeting with a prospective client.  It was with a business owner referred to me from a current client.  This owner clearly was motivated to grow his business but was “stuck in a rut”.  In discussing the terms of engagement, he recognized the value and cost-benefit of my services.  It was a positive meeting resulting in scheduling our first regular client meeting.

Two days later the owner emailed to cancel this next meeting stating he was “just too busy to take the time.”  Needless to say, I was surprised.  Could he have found and hired another consultant?  Or was my fee to steep? My current client who referred this person assured me the owner could afford the fee and had not hired someone else.  My client said this had become a pattern for this owner; identifying potential solutions but never carrying through on them.

This got me thinking (more…)

  • Building a Solid Foundation for the Family Business Building a Solid Foundation for the Family Business

    Building a Solid Foundation for the Family Business

Building a Solid Foundation for the Family Business

Family businesses deserve to be pleased with their accomplishments.  After all, according to an article in Bloomberg Businessweek family-owned businesses are responsible for 60% of all employment in the U.S., 78% of all new employment and add 50% to the national gross domestic product.  The SBA points out that 90% of all businesses in the U.S. are family-owned.  Family businesses are the foundation of our country’s economy.

The question is: How solid is the foundation of each, individual family business? (more…)