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Succession Planning – Tip #2
Tip #2 – Involve your family in business succession planning discussions. Making your own succession plan and then announcing it is the surest way to sow family discord. Opening a dialogue among family members is the best way to begin the process of a successful...

Succession Planning – Tip #1
Tip #1– Start business succession planning early. Five years in advance is good. Ten years in advance is better. Many business advisers tell budding entrepreneurs to build an exit strategy right into their business plan. The point is, the longer you get to spend on...

Influential Leadership – Become the Happy Warrior
In a recent Harvard Business Review article, "Connect, Then Lead," authors Cuddy, Kohut and Neffinger tackle the 500 year old question, "Is it better to be loved or feared?" In their research, they discovered that the answer is BOTH. When we judge others as leaders,...