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“Responsibility diffusion is a critical impediment to successfully growing a family business. And, the larger the family business grows, the larger the problem becomes!” opines Don Schwerzler, an internationally recognized family business expert who has been studying… Responsibility Diffusion: A Critical Impediment When Growing a Family Business
Were you also part of a so-called “brainstorming sessions,” where both the process and the results were very disappointing? A lot of them are done in the wrong way. The spiritual father of the brainstorming… How Do You Brainstorm Great Ideas?
As a manager in big companies I hated workplace politics. Among colleagues you compete for scarce budgets, scarce people and scarce promotion opportunities. This does not bring out the best in people, creating a lot… Workplace Politics Kills Innovation
We recently had the opportunity to speak with the two co-founders of TheConsultantLounge.com, Laura Woodroof (picture on the right below) and Martina Segerer. TheConsultantLounge is an online and offline community for smart and passionate management consultants who were looking… Our Interview with the Co-founders of TheConsultantLounge, the One-stop Hub for Consultants
This is a guide to navigating Flevy to find the documents and other resources you need related to Business Operations. “Operations” is a broad, vague term. It can convey a lot of different meanings to different people.… Flevy’s Definitive Guide to Operations
No one is able to stand still in this fast paced business environment. As business leader you’re looking for ways to innovate, but most of the time innovation fails. Innovation process-expert Robert Cooper shows that… When Innovation Fails and 10 Ways to Innovation Success
Standing in the grocery checkout, it’s tempting to pick up the magazines – even if it’s not a title you’d usually buy, just because a headline strikes you as interesting. I often like to peruse the men’s magazines… What’s Wrong with Publishers Paying to Promote Content?
I saw a lot of innovative people present business ideas in a very original way: playing a movie, doing a dance, making a painting, writing one huge post-it, making a newspaper, and even by doing… Be Innovative and Act Conservative
In 1980 and 2008, the US Government’s Small Business Administration (SBA) found that high growth companies–so-called “gazelles”–were just 4% of total firms. In 2010, the US-based Blueprint Growth Institute determined that only 387 (3.5%) of 11,000… High Business Growth: Gold at the end of the Rainbow?
You have to find the obstacles, then overcome them… fly over them, dig under them, outflank them to move around them. And it is often the ones that you didn’t see that cause you the… Succession Planning Obstacles and Guidelines in Family Business
Eight years ago, I called my business “Resolve Gets Results,” because the world “resolve” connotes both the determination to succeed and the problem solving mentality essential in business. When I first started blogging 8 months ago, I… 10 Reasons to Stick your Neck Out!
Editor’s Note: Grant Stanley is a seasoned Business Coach and a Sales & Marketing Expert with a 20+ year outstanding Sales and Marketing record. He is also an author on Flevy, where he has published… Setting Powerful Goals