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Engaging the Next Generation in Business Development

If you have spent your career building a thriving family business, you may worry about what will happen to it when you retire. Many family business owners hope to hand the reins over to children, nieces and nephews, and other younger family members, but often younger...

The Fear Factor in Business

Fear is always a factor in business. Whether you are considering the way business owners prioritize and work toward growth, or how employees respond to management strategies, the fear factor is a necessary consideration for any entrepreneurial endeavor. Understanding...

What to Expect from a Fiduciary Advisor

Knowing what to expect from a fiduciary advisor and how to take full advantage of their services may be key to your company’s financial success.

Disengagement, Micromanagement and Agency in the Workplace

Here is what you should know about disengagement, micromanagement, and agency in the workplace, to get your team to check back into their work. 

Putting Honesty at the Center of Your Business

Putting honesty at the center of your business can be an important tool to building a strong collaborative working environment and customer communication.

Evaluating Your Processes for Fairness

Here are several questions you can ask in evaluating your processes for fairness to improve workplace morale, and make sure everyone’s voices are heard.

Embracing a Broader Definition of Diversity

Embracing a broader definition of diversity can attract the best talent with the widest perspectives, so you and your business can thrive. 

Creative Leadership Strategies for Encouraging Innovation

Here are some creative leadership strategies to encourage collaboration among creative teams.

What to Do About Secrets in the Workplace

When employees keep secrets in the workplace it could mean something is wrong with your company culture. Here is what to do about it.

Using Emotional Intelligence to Foster Acceptance of Diversity at Work

Leaders can use emotional intelligence to foster acceptance of diversity at work, and respond to conflict from cultural insensitivity or employee biases.

Do You Know Your Mind?

Do You Know Your Mind?

Along with a colleague, I spoke to group of business owners recently on the topic of succession planning. Following the question-and-answer period, a man in his late 30s or early 40s sought me out with questions about some aspects of my work. He had graduated college...

Electronic Communications are Easily Misunderstood

Electronic Communications are Easily Misunderstood

In today’s world, we often use text and e-mail to communicate electronically. It’s a quick and easy way to get your message across. So, if it’s quick and easy, what’s the problem? Well, often the actual message isn’t communicated, it gets misunderstood. Emotion,...

A smaller operation, a new vision for leaving a legacy

A smaller operation, a new vision for leaving a legacy

When I started growing my consulting practice seven years ago (Stanislaw Consulting), I wanted to leave a legacy. I still do, but I’ve learned a lot about what that legacy can be. My original thought was that I would build a sustainable practice that would outlast me,...