Management & Operations

Change Management

Would you get into a car with a driver who has never driven before, and who is about to drive the car onto a busy freeway? This was a question I asked at a conference recently. Not surprisingly, no one in the audience put up their hand.

Better meetings demand trust among team

“IN PRIOR COMPANIES I remember being bored in meetings and just doodling on my notepad,”  says Anna Braasch, executive director and integrator of local parenting organization Connected Families.

Fair vs. equal when planning for next gen

FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES form the backbone of our American economy. They comprise 90 percent of all business enterprises in the United States and 62 percent of total U.S. employment, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.