Preparing and Empowering the Next Generation of Leaders In the last two years Baby Boomers represented up to 20% of the Western workforce—with an astounding 10,000 of them reaching retirement age every single day since 2011. That’s a lot of departing institutional...
On Monday of this week I got up at 4am local time to watch the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. As a Brit, who now lives in the US, it was important to me to witness this historic event. Like most of the population of the UK I have never known anything other than...
There’s nothing like a legitimate crisis for teaching business leaders what they’re really made of. As novelist and essayist David Foster Wallace says, “Real leaders help us overcome the limitations of our own individual laziness and selfishness and weakness and fear...
During the past couple of years, we have had to become comfortable working from home—while also trying to balance family life, and possibly looking after someone who has been sick or has become more vulnerable. This is quite a change for many who were used to their...
When it comes to succession planning for your business, are you engaging in a sustainable long-term strategy, or just looking for a quick fix? In my experience, the best succession plans are those that take a proactive long-term view. I’m sure from the outside, the...
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.