Family or Small: How it Impacts the Transition

Family or Small: How it Impacts the Transition

I had the privilege of speaking at the American Cheese Society’s conference last year. A freelance writer is now capturing our breakout session in an article. She sent me this question, and I think you can appreciate my response. Are small, family businesses harder to...
Getting The Right People On The Bus

Getting The Right People On The Bus

I just shared this with a client today and thought it might benefit you also! This tool is introduced in the book Traction, which describes the Entrepreneurial Operating System, or EOS. The first part of their People Analyzer tool is a Value Alignment for promoting,...
Doing What You Don’t Want to Do

Doing What You Don’t Want to Do

This is an interesting challenge. I see it from two perspectives: How do I get myself to do things I don’t want to do (creating helpful habits)? How do I stop myself from doing things I don’t want to do (breaking harmful habits)? For example, I’ve long wanted to...
Staying the Course: Commit to Goals and Grow Along the Way

Staying the Course: Commit to Goals and Grow Along the Way

Last week, I received a message from a colleague: “I may have over-reached and committed us all to do too much. I’m not sure we can each develop one article per month for Mind Conquerors. How about if we drop it back to one per quarter per person? One per month may be...
Owner-Operator in One, or Investor and Leader as Two

Owner-Operator in One, or Investor and Leader as Two

Owner-Operator is Only One Option As I work with clients in both the Next- and Now-Generation, I’ve found a limiting belief. It’s normal because many small businesses were founded by one person. That one person had the vision, invested their money, and set to work to...