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The hub and spoke trap: 7 signs and 5 solutions
In the early days, many small business owners find being the person making all the decisions to be exhilarating. Over time, the excitement wears off, and they find it exhausting instead. Especially when it means that you can’t fully take time off. Here’s how to break free.
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Rob and Brandi interview on NY Business Leaders: family business growth and prosperity
Family businesses and corporate businesses are pretty much the same and have the same problems. The difference: in a family business, you go to Thanksgiving dinner with your shareholders and employees.
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Conducting Performance Reviews for Family Members
Conducting performance reviews on family members can be challenging. Here are our top three tips to make it easier to improve performance and maintain family harmony.
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Managing talent in a family business: 7 challenges and 4 solutions
It’s challenging to find and retain employees. When you combine family + business, you get some unique challenges that non-family businesses don’t face.
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How to build a world-class sales team
Sales is the lifeblood of any business. Here are 6 steps to building a great sales team for your organization.
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When do you leave the family business?
What do you do when you’re ready to leave…and it’s the right decision for YOU…but it feels like everyone in the family is counting on you? An interview with Brandi Marek
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5 Signs your Family Business is too Dependent on You
If you were to draw a picture that visually represents your role in your business, what would it look like? Are you at the top of an organizational chart? Or are you stuck in the middle of your business like a hub in a bicycle wheel? When you’re positioned as a hub, everything needs to…
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The art of leadership-ing
Great leaders are made, not born. They bring the future forward and inspire everyone around them to greatness through the actions of leadership-ing
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What to do with your family business when you’re ready to retire?
Most business owners wait too long to answer this question. If you’re still 5 or more years away from retirement, NOW is when you need to think about the following
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Why Leadership Matters in Your Family Business
Leadership quality impacts everything in your organization. Here are some insights to help you develop better leadership in your company.
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3 keys to creating alignment in your family business
Having a brilliant vision and strategy doesn’t make a difference if you can’t get your leaders and employees to embrace that purpose and vision – and align their actions towards it. Here’s how to do that.
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Tips for conducting business during an inflation
The economy changes dramatically when inflation rises above 6–8%. Here are 10 tips to help family business owners get ahead of the game
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The Prosperity Plan
The process we use to help our clients overcome their challenges and create a prosperous business
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The first and most important decision you need to make if you want business growth & prosperity
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The three pillars that make prosperity inevitable and can sustain an infinite legacy
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How to escape the hamster wheel of "working to hard for too little" and get your business into the "Prosperity Zone"