Demise of the Top-Down Model: 3 Rules for Employee Engagement

Demise of the Top-Down Model: 3 Rules for Employee Engagement

During my recent travels to California as a CEO and leadership team coach, I read a Gallup article about productivity that echoed my sentiments about the future of business leadership. In past generations, management was about control. In general, managers could be...
Why Families Fight During Succession and How to Stop It

Why Families Fight During Succession and How to Stop It

Here’s a sobering fact: a full 70% of family businesses would like to pass their business on to the next generation, but only 30% will actually succeed at this generational transition. If you’ve attended one of my succession planning speaker keynote presentations or...