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5 Pesky Plights Hurt a Family Business (Part 5): The Sacred Cows
I know you’ve run across Sacred Cows (“SCs”)…we all have in our business careers or personal life. Dictionary.com defines a Sacred Cow to be: “an individual, organization, institution, etc., considered...
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Aggressive Competition? You’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat
In New England, nothing shouts “Summer!” more than the first report that sharks have been spotted off Cape Cod beaches. Great White sharks. Six more were spotted this week cruising close to the shore...
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CEOs: Don’t Be Left Behind, Make Your Company Relevant
Is your company stuck in the past…is your industry slowly (or quickly) changing? Have your customers’ needs moved away from your old product/service offerings? These changes can build up, and then...
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Lucky or Unlucky? Winning Leadership Traits
A significant reason for writing this blog is to hopefully prevent companies from developing any of the 9Stucks conditions talked about. When I see or read something worth sharing, I will share it...
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The 7 Potholes of Business Partnerships
I’ve been contacted a number of times this year by business partners who are bickering with each other and/or struggling over the condition of their business. It seems like there have been more of...
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Strategic Crossroads (Part 1): The Encampment
Imagine the scene: the CEO and a collection of company shareholders, directors and senior management team members have piled into their corporate Covered Prairie Wagon. The wagon is lumbering down the...
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Your Company’s Spring Training: Who’s On 1st? Where’s What?
I Don’t Know (wait…he’s on third). Major League Baseball’s Spring Training kicks into high gear this week. Red Sox position players reported on February 18th and today (Feb. 20th) is the team’s first...
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Mentors and Vintage Oars
This is a picture of my 55+ year-old wooden oars after I opened up our boat this past spring. They looked pretty beat up: chipped and peeled paint…cracks in the wood…and they were graying at the edges....
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Eeeek! Invasion of the Culture Snatchers
A CEO friend recently told me that he asked three people to leave his company over the last few months. After they were terminated, there was a marked improvement in the overall morale and attitude...
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‘You’ve Become One of Them’– Fifteen Rules for Directors
Note: This was originally published in the March 2015 issue of Private Company Director Magazine. Reprinted with permission of the editors. “You’ve become one of them.” That’s what a fellow Director...
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