As a family business coach, on occasion I find it helpful to remind my clients to remember work/life balance. This is one of the challenges of a family business. In a family business we are essentially playing three games at once, the internal game, the family game and the external game. Read More
Hiring is hard. It requires time, patience, and sensitivity to subtle signals that help determine whether someone is a fit for the position. I’ve spent more than a year searching for the right candidate for some positions, because I’m not just trying to find the right skills for the job—I’m trying Read More
In a recent study 86% of fleets have experienced a driving incident in the past 12 months. With defensively trained drivers being 20% less likely to be involved in a collision, discover why you should be investing in driver training. Read More
When relationships are strong, you have family members who work better together, communicate effectively and consider the goals of the family business in their actions. Read More
The primary reasons for the failure of an assignment abroad and the pre-return of an expatriate include cultural differences, lonliness, high cost of living and relationship problems. Read More
The process of finding, attracting and keeping the right employees is crucial. Here are five ways that SMBs can aim to improve their recruitment processes. Read More
Engagement is an ethos, not a strategy
Building an engaged workforce is best when the commitment to engagement runs deeper within the DNA of the company. The engaged ethos is about an honest and sincere belief in the value and ability of your employees and their commitment to the company. The buil Read More
How do you make your family business environment conducive to team building? If you’ve been modeling your family team approach after company family-wide competition you will likely find it is only effective with a minority of your team. Read More
Part of the focus on employee engagement in organizations includes either recruiting or developing engaging leaders. Business leaders know that in order to sustain any profitability or productivity gains they have made, or indeed to achieve these, they will need to keep employees engaged. Read More
Unwinding is more important than ever in our hectic lives, if you can’t avoid the stress in the first place then you need to reduce it. Below are 9 ways to unwind. Read More
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