In motive lies strength but the wrong motive disperses and neutralises anyone’s real strength including that of your business. What motivates someone to work in your business is critical to its performance. Active Knowledge Questions: Do you pay attention…
Beware Of The Bottomless Pit #succession
The separation between family and business is weak, governance structures have not been established and there is a danger of the business and family falling into the bottomless pit. Active Knowledge Question: Do you seek to separate out family matters from…
Shareholders, Customers and Employees – Who’s No. 1?
If you are wondering who does come first, then you are asking the wrong question. There is no choice to be made as to where your priorities lie as a business leader. But we seem to be confused as if…
Glacier – Icy Relationships #succession
Relationships can deteriorate quickly in a succession process if open communications are not built and sustained. Often what is not asked and spoken becomes the barriers that block progress. Relationships between family members at first become icy and then go…