The Biology of Exit Planning
“Don’t waste my time talking about exit planning, it’s not for me. I may be in my sixties (50’s, 70’s – you pick the number), but I feel great and can do this for at least another five, ten, fifteen...
View ArticleExit Planning: One Key Question
In Monday’s Blog we discussed a phrase we coin, the “Biology of Exit Planning”: How age is a factor in Exit Planning, yet it is one of the key factors that business owners/partners tend to downplay,...
View ArticleImpact of Small Business Inflection Points
In last Monday’s Blog we addressed job creation – or to be more specific, the lack of job creation in our economy. The issue we raised is the impact inflection points have on business survival and...
View ArticleThe Question of Management’s Necessity in Small Businesses
Is Management Really That Important? In our work with small businesses we do get many variations of this question. And we hear it in small businesses that: Don’t believe an organizational structure is...
View ArticleWhy Talent Management Matters: Food for Growth
In last Monday’s Blog (http://www.kubicalaforestconsulting.com/blog/2011/10/talent-management-and-the-talent-gravity-organization/), we wrote about the third keystone of a Talent Gravity Organization:...
View ArticleManagement and Supervision: Relationship Counts Most – Part 1
In our series on the Talent Gravity Organization, we address branding, culture and talent management: bringing the candidate in, showing a strong organizational face, and on-boarding and growing the...
View ArticleManagement and Supervision: Relationship Counts Most – Part 2
Knowing that the number one reason people leave their job is because of their boss, on Thursday we presented that the successful manager/managed relationship is bi-directional....
View ArticleIs M&A in Your Future?
Mergers and acquisitions are clearly one way for SMB’s to grow, and it’s actually a good way. Yet, there is an old aphorism: no good deed goes unpunished. So while a merger or acquisition may appear to...
View ArticleJust Because You Change the Boxes Doesn’t Mean Anything Will Change
Re-organization. It seems like it’s a right of passage. A new leader comes into the organization and what inevitably happens? She reorganizes. A Vice President is promoted to CEO. What inevitably...
View ArticleJust How Important is a Management Team?
There is a interesting line in the Introduction to Noam Wasserman’s book Founder’s Dilemma: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup: It’s unfortunate but true: if...
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