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Family Business Values That Make Your Company Successful

Leadership, Values | family business success, family business values

Christmas time puts cheer in almost every heart—even the Scroogiest Scrooge. Charles Dicken’s famed character was, in fact, a business banker which explains why he was so miserly, haha (with apologies to my wonderful banking friends). Businesses are obviously engaged in making money—rightfully so or they will cease to exist. Making money, however, is and […]

When the World Tips Upside-Down…Where is Wour Happily-Ever-After?

Leadership, Values

I believe in happily-ever-after. All of us should—it does exist but sometimes, well, many times, getting there is a bit harder than what we see on Disney movies or hear in old-school fairy tales. There are days, weeks, months—even years—when the bad guys might be winning, but if we play our part right, the day […]

Father & Son Family Business Teams Need Each Other’s Strengths!

Leadership, Values

There is a story about a Father and Son business team who developed a new product sure to bring big sales and even bigger profits. Both the father and son were very excited about the prospects of their business opportunities. Together, as they surveyed their newly found field of promising customers, the son said to […]

Why Your Communication Inside the Family Business must be Intentional

Leadership, Values

Many claim that communication advances have been the catalyst for humanity’s advances. We, obviously, live in an era of communication technology the likes of which the world has never seen. Imagine how our ancestors might have felt, as they were stuffing notes on flying pigeon couriers if they knew that these days we punch a […]

You Cannot Lose Hope!

Values

If you own or work in a family business and things are not going well then you might find solace in knowing that many of us—if not all of us—have been there (or are there). The reality is that running or owning your own business can be a butt-kicker. The outsiders look at your lifestyle […]

Faith, Family and God–Key Elements for Every Family Business

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I hope God has a place in your life—and not just at Christmas or Easter. Sadly, our society is drifting away from Christian moorings that have kept us safe and pointed in the right direction for so many decades. At the risk of offending, I wish to simply state that God and family should be […]