We recently sent an email to our BEST BRIEFS newsletter subscribers on the topic of ageism, and it definitely touched a nerve. Here is the original email content, followed by some of the comments we received on the subject. Our Original Message On January 20th, President Biden was sworn in and is now officially the oldest […]
Internal leaders may not be obvious. They may not even have a “leadership” title. Make no mistake, however; internal leaders are critical to value and attractiveness when it comes to selling your business. In Super Bowl 55 we saw the impact of an internal leader. Tom Brady has the highest winning percentage of any single athlete in major professional […]
The Case for Human Resources in Strategic Planning Ask most business leaders and professionals, and they will describe human resources in transactional terms. “They are the department that hires people, fires people, manages our benefit plans, and tells us how much we can pay people.” A lot to unpack there for sure, but that perception […]
Is it time to sell? Use this checklist to see if you’re ready to put your nursery on the market. Uncertain economic conditions in the past several months have created new opportunities for owners of businesses who are able to produce cash flow. They can cash out now. The time has not been this pregnant […]
Let’s face it, leading in the year 2020 was a lot like a squirrel trying to cross a street in heavy traffic. To make it even more challenging, many of us are now leading in our sweatpants (or even no pants for some of us) by working remotely. The good news is we can still […]
Career goal setting and development. Do you have a specific career vision of being the President of a company someday? Are you working on adding professional skill sets that will enable you to take on a C-Level role? Do you have a career dream? As a company, have you invested in a definitive training and […]
