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		<title>Ahhh, Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The brother came to quarterly board meetings, but that was about it. He happily pulled his share of the profits from the family business for years and years and years.  Amazingly, he became tired of having to go to board meetings and asked his siblings to just buy him out which they did. The sister [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Before You Get Drunk with the Concept of Greatness…</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[…make sure that your entire executive team wants to do that too. Without real buy in and compelling reasons for each executive, a commitment to greatness can be very fragile.  After all, they were already very good.  Without the shared belief that greatness is worthwhile and possible, it can seem like nothing could ever be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Face It &#8211; Geographic Expansion Happens</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is geographic expansion really an optional growth strategy?  As soon as someone on the other side of the globe orders one of your products from your website, you have been thrust into geographic expansion, right? Although an investment in bricks and mortar locations is not always necessary, attraction of more customers in a variety of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nobody Cares What Your 2007 Customer Survey Said!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent recession and the lingering period of uncertainty that followed has had an odd effect on some business leaders.  Yeah, I know we all need to conserve cash.  I get that.  But most of us need MORE information about what our prospective customers are thinking, need, prefer, want, and would pay for…NOT LESS.  We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Held Hostage by Your Beliefs about Initial Public Offerings?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the President of a midsized privately held company, you have undoubtedly been reluctant to even consider executing an IPO.  Yes.  The infusion of capital that results from a public offering is very compelling.  But then you back off whenever you even think about all of the distraction/disruption plus the legal and accounting fees.  Your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[video post] It’s Too Easy to Lose Sight of Your Mission</title>
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		<title>It’s Too Easy to Lose Sight of One’s Mission</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You see it so often.  A politician crosses over to the dark side and trades influence for campaign contributions. That happens so often that many readers just stopped reading this blog and think I am naïve. “Isn’t &#8216;politician&#8217; and &#8216;dark side&#8217; in the same sentence automatically redundant?” Actually, I have met a few politicians in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[video post] Are You Inadvertently Losing Your Option for Succession From Within</title>
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		<title>Are You Inadvertently Losing the Option for Succession From Within?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, we’ve been seeing more and more leaders of midsized companies struggle with succession and feeling forced to consider affiliation with larger entities because they have gaps in their leadership and no way to do succession from within. Assessments are revealing that rigid work schedules and lack of choice in benefits may have played larger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[video post] Don&#8217;t get pushed around during negotiations</title>
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