Successful businesses need driven, results oriented leaders. Those same leaders also need to learn how and where to show a little compassion to others who might suffer from mental health disorders. I’m not advocating leaving people alone if their personal issues are causing problems with their work. I am advocating learning how to approach the […]
Weekly Deliberate Practice: The one thing the family business leader rarely gets
It can be lonely at the top of any business, especially a family business. Imagine how hard it is to make business decisions that involve so many of the people near and dear to you. I’ve been on the difficult end of those decisions. Like when Uncle Walsh chose to split my sales territory to […]
Why You Can’t Win The World Cup of Family Business Without Practive
Great championship teams are made on the practice field! Scientific research has proven over a 20 year period of time that a process called deliberate practice is the key to long term sustainable success. Yet the majority of family businesses resist the idea of needing to practice and instead rely on the theory that their past success […]
Family business landmine: lack of emotional self-control
Nothing ruins a perfectly good business discussion then somebody that loses control of their emotions. Am I right? Our emotions are real and need to be dealt with. The problem is for so many people in a family business they allow their emotions to get the best of them. The brain scientists have proven that […]
Family Business Landmine: SIBLING RIVALRY can doom the family business!
Unhealthy and unregulated sibling rivalry can literally kill a family business. I’ve seen it firsthand. Sibling rivalry is hardwired deep inside our bones. I know because I feel it with my own brother and, quite honestly, feel it with some of my best friends. It’s like this innate desire to compete with some of the […]