The perpetuation of a business through the next generation of owners and managers requires diligence across a matrix of planning issues which we have defined as the Succession Matrixsm. "Succession Planning - Building Value" will provide applicable tips on how to address various issues impacting Succession Successsm that also protect and build business value. en-us http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375.html?nid=4578 Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use November 9, 2009 http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/570050257.html?nid=4578 The ultimate success of both large and small companies is determined by how well they recruit and develop managers to train, guide, motivate and ho... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/700050070.html?nid=4578 Organizational Core values define the enduring character or ideology of an organization. These values are so primary, so fundamental to us tha... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/820049882.html?nid=4578 I was working with a business owner, John, who was in the transition process turning management and leadership of the business over to a family mem... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/290049829.html?nid=4578 A few weeks ago I met a prospective client who happened to be in business with three of their siblings. Two of the family members are in their mid ... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/220049622.html?nid=4578 We all have multiple roles; and there is a brand that accompanies each of those. We have a brand as a parent, a business owner, a spouse, a tr... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/1400049340.html?nid=4578 Hopefully you buy the Right Reconciliation Theory: assuming you have survived, there is nothing you do wrong that cannot many fold be reconciled by... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/690048869.html?nid=4578 “When you challenged me to transfer more stock than we had originally agreed upon last summer, I wasn’t so sure. In fact, you remember,... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/1390048539.html?nid=4578 The two previous posts about Succession Stories, Learning That You Are Not Alone and You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!, built on the theme that w... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/1630047963.html?nid=4578 The third step to navigating in-law in the family business is to avoid giving off the appearance that you are motivated by the opportunity to live ... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/570047657.html?nid=4578 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/580047058.html?nid=4578 In previous posts (Beating the Odds: Four Building Blocks and Beating the Odds: Overcoming Human Nature), we talked about t... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/410046841.html?nid=4578 In my last two posts, I shared that surviving the family business fishbowl requires that you acknowledge the reality of the fishbowl and then take ... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/400046240.html?nid=4578 The previous posts in this series talked about how goals must have plans (Goals: Turn Them into Reality!) and the reasons many owners deci... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/880045888.html?nid=4578 Before you read this post - check out my previous posts - Disenfranchised Spouse - Someones Missing from the Picture and Thoughts for t... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/1790045579.html?nid=4578 Ok. So assuming your family stays together, what are the other commonalities of healthy family environments? In healthy families: The... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/1750045575.html?nid=4578 In previous posts, Family in Disarray and Successor Development, we touched lightly on the staggering statistics that show nearly 75% of all family... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/130045013.html?nid=4578 Another variety of slow death by water cooler are the fearful conversations being shared by employees as they reflect upon the doom and gloom curre... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/1310044531.html?nid=4578 In my last two posts, Likability or Accountability-Leadership and Likability or Accountability-The Right People, I discussed the idea that the... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/1270044527.html?nid=4578 Please click here to read my previous blogs, Recipe For Success and Is It All About The Money?. Do you find that you consistently hang on t... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/1170044117.html?nid=4578 More than a few years ago, several of us would record music segments and splice them together to create what we called a “wonderloop.” ... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/1680043968.html?nid=4578 Please click here to read my previous blogs, "Abundant Thinking" and "Facilitating Instead of Dictating Change." Success is ... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/30043603.html?nid=4578 Click here to read my previous blogs titled "Conflict Management-Establishing Communication" and "Conflict Management-Identifying Ne... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/1480043948.html?nid=4578 Please click here to read my previous blogs titled "Succession Fallacies: "I have it all done," and "Succession Fallacies:... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/20043002.html?nid=4578 The previous blogs in this series, Succession Success Requires Vision, Not Sight and Minimizing Conflict and Promoting Harmony: First Things First,... http://www.expertBusinessSource.com/blog/1750000375/post/130042813.html?nid=4578 Please click here to read my previous blogs, Don’t be a Victim of the “Abundance InterruptUs Syndrome” and Getting Out of the Way...