September 17, 2018
When All Employees are on the Same Page…
At a meeting with a group of clients last week our presenter, my friend Hugh Blane, asked an interesting question – “Can every employee articulate…
September 12, 2018
When Free is Best
We had just begun a multi-hour car trip, tuned the radio to XM’s Bruce Springsteen station, and they were starting a replay of one of…
September 5, 2018
One Track Minds Means Inefficiency
I look across the lake (figuratively) at Seattle and its City Council. I see a bunch of single issue councilmembers with no big picture focus…
August 29, 2018
Predicting Business Success and Sports Drafts – A Crapshoot
We were trying to help a young friend of the family with his job search (before and after insisting he meet with Matt Youngquist at…
August 27, 2018
Getting the Owner Out of the Way
I posted recently about seeing a rash of mangled financial statements. I wrote it’s my top item owners should fix to increase value, and just…
August 24, 2018
Wanted: Accurate Financial Statements
Once again I’m in the middle of a deal where the seller treats accounting like a weak little step-sister. Garbage in-garbage out syndrome, co-mingling businesses,…
August 22, 2018
You’re Camping, You Don’t Need to Wear Underwear
We were fishing along the shore and came across the campsite of a group of early-teen canoeists who were just waking up and making breakfast.…
August 21, 2018
Moving a Deal Along with Empathy
When working with business buyers and sellers I’ve found those who demonstrate empathy to those on the others side get things moving faster (than those…
August 15, 2018
Which Employee Would You Want?
A little after they opened at 9 am on the Friday before the July 4 weekend I went to get a haircut. I wasn’t the…
August 8, 2018
Some Rules are More Important Than Others
I don’t know exactly what happened. I don’t know if it happened to a male or female. I do know that my wife nudged me…
