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5 Tips for Training Your Next Executive
Whether you run a family business, a non-profit organization, or a mid-sized company, changes in leadership can set your business back and change corporate culture. Find out what you can do now to train your next executive to improve their work today and prepare them...
Planning Learning for Leadership Working from Home
When the COVID-19 shutdowns began in March 2020, most of us assumed we would be back to business as usual within a few months. But more recent news has said that a Coronavirus vaccine may still be many months away. This more prolonged timeline is making HR...
How to Keep Family Drama Out of Your Family Business
Many small family businesses operate on tight margins and rely on relatives for everything from manufacturing to sales. In these cases, family drama or conflict can quickly derail the company’s efforts and threaten the bottom line, not to mention the family dinner. If...
How to Resolve Conflict at Work
Whenever two people work in close proximity, friction is inevitable. Employees and teams can come into conflict over anything from company policy and individual performance to interpersonal disputes. What can you, as a manager, do to resolve conflict at work? Is there...
A Guide to Family Farm Succession Planning
Michigan has over 47,000 farms, operating on 9.8 million acres across the state. 95% of those farms are family-owned. With the average age of farm ownership creeping upward to 56, the question of who will inherit those family farms is becoming a pressing issue. A...
5 Tools for Being an Effective Leader a Pandemic Makes Teams Work from Home
Michigan’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer lifted the state’s stay home order over two months ago, but concerns over COVID-19 infection rates have kept many teams working from home. Some companies have even announced they intend to continue remote work entirely. If your...
How to Keep Sibling Rivalry from Pulling Your Family Business Apart
Any small business’s success depends on its decision makers’ ability to work together for the good of the company. That can be hard for family businesses, especially where sibling rivalry pushes key employees apart. Sibling Rivalry May Have Nothing to Do with Doing...
Is Conflict Avoidance Making Your Business a Toxic Workplace?
As a manager, you may assume that all is well if you or your HR department aren’t receiving reports of interpersonal conflict between coworkers. But if your business has a company culture of conflict avoidance you may be allowing a toxic workplace to fester without a...
How to Help Younger Employees Deal with Anxiety at Work
As a supervisor, manager, or business owner, your company’s success depends on your ability to encourage your workers to do their best. Increasingly, that includes addressing mental health challenges that arise during the workday, including anxiety at work. Younger...