Succession

How to quickly a prepare a leader for a senior role (Part 2)

(Part II of a series. In my last article, I described how an organization can prepare itself for leadership transition….

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How to quickly grow or prepare an executive leader (Part 1)

Imagine being the owner of a successful company. You’ve been in this role for years. Perhaps decades. You are grateful…but…

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Succeeding Success How to Lead Boldly When Replacing a Respected Leader

Succeeding Success: How to Lead Boldly When Replacing a Respected Leader

How do you honor a predecessor’s legacy while leading boldly? Very few new executives would be excited to take the…

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The 6 Ingredients for Building Freedom: How to get out of the day-to-day

The 6 Ingredients for Building Freedom: How to get out of the day-to-day

“I feel maxed out. I can’t breathe.”  “I hate looking at my phone. It’s always packed full of messages asking…

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Guitar Licks and Leadership Tricks: Mastery Explored

Guitar Licks and Leadership Tricks: Mastery Explored

They say that the guitar is the easiest instrument to learn but the most difficult to master. I recently picked…

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Succession Success: Priming the Next Executive Leader

Succession Success: Priming the Next Executive Leader

Bad news first: Most executive successions fail. The research tends to peg failure rates around 66% for small and medium-sized…

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Exit Strategies for Businesses

Dead Mice, My Garage, and Your Business: Things that Should be Cleaned up 

I recently cleaned and organized a corner of my garage. The level of pride and satisfaction that this generates is…

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Executive Succession

The Truth Will Set You Free. But Before it Will, You Have to do This

The truth will set you free. But you have to accept it first. The best leaders look reality straight in…

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Advance Planning

How to Get an Extra 20% in Performance with No New Staff, Customers, or Tools

Have you ever pulled a garden hose around your house to find it doesn’t reach as far as you thought?…

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Why DEI and ESG aren’t Worth the Attention Paid to Them

In elementary school, I learned to be nice to others. Name-calling and bullying weren’t allowed. We were expected to include…

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