Even if your company’s strategic plan is to stay the course with your current leadership team, accidents, emergencies, and personnel changes can still happen. When you and your board find yourselves hiring, you must choose the right replacement for your executive who...
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...
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...
The COVID-19 pandemic has put an unprecedented strain on business owners and CEOs. Corporate decisionmakers are being called to make spur-of-the-moment decisions based on incomplete and often contradictory information. In the midst of this chaos, you must remember to...
As an entrepreneur or small business owner, you have a lot riding on the success of your company. However, over the years, you may find that you are at the helm of a stagnated business. Once you come to that realization, you need to wake up your company and get back...
