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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...
Corporate Transition Team Strategies for Finding Your Next Executive
When a company finds itself in search of new leadership, the results of that search could make or break the business. The choices your company’s corporate transition team make leading up to and in response to an executive’s resignation will affect your corporate...
Does Your Leadership Management Style Match Your Business Goals?
If you are having trouble inspiring your team, meeting strategic growth goals, or stabilizing your workforce, you may not have to look to far to find the problem. Sometimes, a poor fit between leadership management style and business goals can create obstacles that...
Does Your Business Have a COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan?
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has given some Michigan businesses the green light to begin to reopen their operations. But the executive orders require opening businesses to have a COVID-19 preparedness and response plan in place by June 1 or within 2 weeks of opening....
How to Fill the Vacuum When a Parent Steps Away from the Family Business
When Mom or Pop is forced to leave a Mom-and-Pop shop because of illness, disability, or simply retirement, it can leave a hole the remaining family members must fill to keep the business going. What can you do to help your family business make the transition? How can...
Building Your Family Business Succession Plan Starts at Home
If you have done the work to create and maintain an established family business, its survival is likely a key part of your identity, and your financial future. When it comes time to retire, you may expect to hand over leadership to your children, but are they as...