By David Willden What Are the Benefits of Strategy Planning? The benefits of strategic planning can include: Identification of breakthrough strategies A clear road map is that is understood and passionately supported to achieve top priorities Resources that are allocated as appropriate on top priorities Goals that are formatted based on solid research and a [...]
By Diane Kennedy In the almost 30 years that I’ve worked as a CPA, I’ve had the opportunity to see businesses go on to achieve amazing results in the marketplace and for their community and for the owners. And I’ve seen many more businesses founder and fail. One of the biggest challenges for small business [...]
By Jon Mcculloch The question of how to become an entrepreneur is an interesting one, and one I get asked surprisingly often. And I’m not sure there’s an easy answer… because it’s different for all of us. Strictly speaking, an entrepreneur is “a person who organises and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with [...]
By Penny Webb Leadership is a subject that touches upon many aspects of the family firm – from next-generation development to succession planning, from board effectiveness to the integration of non-family executives into the firm and beyond. But leadership can be difficult to define and many individuals within the system of family businesses have their [...]
Change and Expectations – Steps Towards Sustainability By Mark Komen I’ve written previously about change in organizations. In my article Change – Put it in Play, I discussed three components to change: Motivation – providing the reason for change Commitment – providing the accountability Execution – providing the results I believe we need to add [...]