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The Seven C’s: Partnership Danger Signs – Conflict Becoming the Norm – Part 2
A series of articles exploring the seven critical areas that can indicate a partnership is in trouble. Conflict Becoming the Norm Part 2 In a previous article, I wrote about how unresolved conflict can create havoc in your business and can often end in a failed partnership. Today, I share with...
The Seven C’s: Partnership Danger Signs – The 4th C: Cumulative Money Problems
A series of articles exploring the seven critical areas that can indicate a partnership is in trouble. The 4th C: CUMULATIVE MONEY PROBLEMS Conflicts over money are very high on the list of reasons that 70% of business partnerships fail. I’m not referring necessarily to lack of money. The damage to business...
The Seven C’s: Partnership Danger Signs – The 5th C: Control Issues
A series of articles exploring the seven critical areas that can indicate a partnership is in trouble. The 5th C: Control Issues When control is in the picture it is a lose/lose proposition. First, it is an illusion that anyone can control a person or a situation. The need to control is born...
The Seven C’s: Partnership Danger Signs – The 6th C: Changing Vision
A series of articles exploring the seven critical areas that can indicate a partnership is in trouble. The 6th C: Changing Vision In order for a business to be a success the vision and mission must be reflected in all aspects of the structure, the culture and the strategy by which business...
Strategies for Planning and Conducting Effective Meetings
Did you know that business executives spend about half their time sitting in meetings? In fact, 40 to 50 percent of their working hours are consumed by meetings, according to a study by the Annenberg School of Communications at UCLA and the University of Minnesota’s Training...
Why “Good Enough”… Isn’t
About a year ago, I had an opportunity to have dinner with the CEO of an engineering startup company in Pennsylvania. As we discussed engineering design matters over Chinese food, he took a few moments to talk about his business philosophy. “As far as I’m concerned,” he told me, “if...
