HELP! What Do We Do?

Determining who should own the family business (we can talk about operating in another blog) in the future ties many families in knots. It's our observation that sometimes senior generation owners are beset by too many alternatives, and, in their confusion, do little...

What Do Wealthy People REALLY Look Like?

Building a successful business is among the very best ways to achieve financial freedom and personal fulfillment. But building a healthy enterprise isn't easy; it takes incredible fortitude, courage, perseverance, and sacrifice. Watch our blog this week as Wayne...

Focus on Processes, Not Outcomes

Most of us in business tend to focus – maybe even obsess – over our P&Ls and Balance Sheets. However, both of those are LAGGING INDICATORS. Once we have them in hand, there is nothing we can do to improve the numbers. They are history. The trick is in developing...

Five Tips from Google on Being a Great Boss

We all want to be great bosses. Being a great boss means more than simply delivering bottom line results (although that too is part of the mix). It's also about creating a great culture, building a winning team, hitting important non-financial goals, etc. Poor...

Why is TRANSITION Such A Dirty Word?

For most fambiz leaders, "end of career" transitions are very hard – primarily because they can shake your very sense of identity. While leaders have genuine desires to turn over the reins of their companies to their successors, they are plagued by doubts,...