Leadership Insights

Building Your Network: From the Inside Out.

Building your network from the inside out requires two questions to be answered. Why do prospects engage you? Why don’t prospects engage...

The Gift That Keeps Giving

Recently, we were asked, “What is the key area leaders need to focus on before closing ‘shop’ for the holidays?” This was one topic we...

Looking for the Planets to Align to Find Your Star Employees? How About Using Science Instead?

In the late 1800s and early 1900s It was common knowledge that rain could be produced by expert rainmakers. The practice of rainmaking...

Case Study: Developing a Multi-Generational Family and Non-Family Leadership Team

Situation A prominent family-owned water and wastewater solutions company. The owners of the company, two brothers, had no succession...

Case Study: Who is Going to Succeed Our Firm's Managing Partner?

Situation This client was a prominent professional services firm, with an international reputation. The prior succession process had...

Case Study: A Supermarket Family

Situation Family: Elderly father, founder and CEO; two brothers, COO & CFO; third brother, passive owner; elderly mother, Chief Emotional...

Case Study: The CEO’s Right-Hand Person Shouldn’t Have Been

Situation The main character in this story was the COO of a high‐tech company, of middle‐market size. The CEO was extremely ambivalent...

Case Study: Saving a High-Performance Team from Its Ineffectual Leader

Situation Having thrown her arms up in the air, this Leader’s manager called us with a laundry list of complaints about this relatively...

Case Study: Preventing a High-Potential Female Leader from Leaving

Situation A fast-track executive was dissatisfied with her career path and was close to exiting. Her boss was distressed when he learned...

Case Study: Stalling for 12 Years to Transfer the Family Business

Situation Family: Elderly father/founder; two brothers and a sister are active; one brother is a passive owner; elderly mother is an...

Case Study: Parents are Business Partners, But are at Odds

Situation Family: Parents were co‐founders; one son (John) and daughter (Sue) are active; another son (James) is a passive owner....

Case Study: If Your People Survey Results Are Dreadful, What Should You Do?

Situation The setting for this Organizational Effectiveness project was a Firm that spanned across seven states, 120 partners, and 1500...

Case Study: Dad, Mom, and the Boys

Situation Family: A Father in his 60’s and two sons in their 30’s, both active in the business. Father founded it in 1984. Business: A...

Case Study: A New Director Transformed Into a Leader

Situation This Case Study tells the story of a key contributor who was a well‐respected employee in the area of finance and who had...

Case Study: A Multi-Faceted Entertainment Company

Situation A privately‐held company that was newly acquired by a Fortune 500 company A new president who rose through the ranks of the...

Strategic Planning for Family-Owned Businesses is Vital

To ensure survival in today’s competitive climate, you must look beyond the day-to-day and challenge tradition. Most family business...