The default position of many families today is to sell their business if none of their children display an interest or are ready to take over the business. This can be a fatal decision when considering the long-term welfare of…
What’s The One Thing?
If you’re the CEO of a business, it’s likely your days are consumed with a multitude of meetings and tasks in trying to respond to everyone’s requests and keep everyone aligned and moving forward. There has to be a better…
Be Careful Who You Ask #succession
In family business succession, often the family leader will ask peers, advisors, friends and family for their advice on how best to approach succession or a particular issue. This can have a disastrous impact on the intended outcome. Active Knowledge…
What To Measure To Heighten Business Performance
Business leaders understand that what you measure is what you get and that poorly-set targets can result in disastrous outcomes through the behaviour they cause. High performance is only achieved by monitoring and guiding the right aspects of a business.…
The Roadmap to Exceptional Leadership #succession
The success of your business starts and finishes with your capability as a business leader, and the ceiling to your business’s success is the capability of your weakest leader. Active Knowledge Question: As a business leader, how are you continually investing…
