April 15, 2016
Your Family Business Transition Will Fail
An article I'm writing for a trade magazine starts with, "Your family business transition will fail! That's not just my opinion, the numbers say so."…
April 14, 2016
Who Would You Like As a Referral Partner?
On Saturday, January 9, 2016 the front page of the Seattle Times had a banner about Ken Griffey Jr.’s election to the baseball hall of…
April 12, 2016
Plan, Innovate, Lead, and Grow
Recently I hosted my annual client breakfast with guest speak Robbie Bach (www.robbiebach.com). Robbie was a top executive at Microsoft and is the author of Xbox…
March 7, 2016
It’s All About Results
One of the TV shows I enjoy watching is Restaurant Impossible (another is Bar Rescue). On Restaurant Impossible they go into a failing restaurant and…
March 1, 2016
Football As a Microcosm of Life
In December, and besides holiday parties, shopping, and other festivities for a lot of people this means assessment, planning, and goals. Some of the most…
February 26, 2016
Planning a Run vs. Planning Your Exit
We were in Bozeman, MT for a few days last summer and it coincided with the 20-mile long Bridger Ridge Run. We found out this when…
February 15, 2016
Great Stuff Really is Great (And Sticky)
Due to some changes in plumbing we had an opening about two by four inches in the block foundation of our pump's crawlspace at our…
February 9, 2016
Minutia Rules
I outlined this memo in late 2015, when I first read about the first point below and when I heard on the radio about the…
February 3, 2016
Where Have All the Good Employees Gone?*
As many of you know, for the last dozen years I've been involved with overseas Rotary projects putting technology and training into schools in developing…
January 19, 2016
Building a Business – One Knock at a Time
I was working from my home office recently when there was a knock on the door. It was a young guy with a new Edward Jones…