While having a bottomless bank account certainly doesn’t hurt, money isn’t the common denominator here—it’s actually something that doesn’t cost a cent: strategy. In my travels through the leadership keynote speaker world, and especially when leading succession...
I recently read this excellent article by David Lancefield in the Harvard Business Review https://hbr.org/2021/02/how-to-reinvent-your-organization-in-the-middle-of-a-crisis and it made me think about an important principle during times of high stress, that of...
We’ve all heard the adage “in life, the only constant is change,” and I don’t think any of us really disagree. So why is it so hard to remember that this wisdom applies to our professional lives, too? As a leadership keynote speaker, there’s one phrase I hear more...
It may sound counter-intuitive, but one of the reasons I’ve been so successful as a business turnaround speaker is that I’ve experienced nearly ALL of my clients’ challenges first-hand. In fact, it was the imminent failure of my family’s business (and the miracle of...
Handing Over The Reigns
Handing Over the Reigns is a must read for anyone who is contemplating passing their business on to the next generation. This book is based on Richard’s experience in a 4th generation 100 year old family business and from the work he has done with many other privately held companies in the UK and USA.