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Manage Activities; Lead for Results

A few weeks ago I posted a comment in the Business Journals Leadership Trust Forum about a life lesson I learned regarding the difference between effort and outcomes. They reached out and asked if I could expand my comments a … Continue reading

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Is Google Making Us Stoopid?

As an Exit Planner, most of my engagements involve assessing a management team. They may be the intended buyers of the company, or else they are key factors in the saleability of the business. The biggest and most frequent complaint … Continue reading

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  1. Herb Troutz says:

    great article John. Hope you are doing well.

  2. Ron Bento says:

    Excellent article, John! You are so right – skipping steps is like not building a foundation. Simply getting to the answer is like not addressing the problem. Thanks for your insights.

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Ambiguity Kills Value

Ambiguity kills value. That was a key point in a white paper from Orange Kiwi that I read over the holidays. Taken from the PhD thesis of Dr. Allie Taylor, the paper describes the psychological profile of  entrepreneurs, and their historical … Continue reading

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Exit Planning: Ripples and Ripples.

Every stone thrown into a pond creates ripples. Every advance in technology does the same. The late Stephen Hawking said that we were progressing too quickly. Along with other technology and science notables, he argued for a slowing down of development in … Continue reading

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Succession Planning – Ownership Lessons

When selling your business to employees or family, ownership lessons rise to a special level of importance. Regardless of the financial, inheritance, estate or valuation aspects of the plan, the real question is how to prepare your successors to run … Continue reading

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