by Pamela Dennis | Jan 29, 2021 | Agility, Blog, Change Adaptability, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Leadership Transitions, Mindsets, Pivoting Direction, Shifting Gears, Transitions, Trust
I’ve been baking a lot during this pandemic time of staying at home. I’ve learned to bake artisanal bread and from-scratch cakes. I have lots of fancy tools for baking, but I also have an old hand egg-beater my mom used. You know, the kind with red knobs on the...
by Pamela Dennis | Nov 10, 2020 | Agility, Blog, Boomer Perspectives, Change Adaptability, Character, compassion, corona virus, Entrpreneurs, Execution Excellence, Gen X Business Owners, Growth Challenges, Leadership, Mindsets, Pivoting Direction, Resilience, Success in adversity, Transitions, Triumph over challenges, Trust, Uncertainty, Values
When I graduated from high school in 1965, the boys’ dream car was the Mustang, and our class song was The Impossible Dream. I think that, ironically, they went together. You might groan, thinking what a corny, sentimental ballad. But then, it was the ‘60s: civil...
by Pamela Dennis | Apr 16, 2020 | Agility, ambiguity, Blog, Business Discipline, Change Adaptability, corona virus, Execution Excellence, Futures, Goal Clarity, Leadership, Mindsets, Planning, Strategy, Transitions, Uncertainty, Vision
When ‘What’s Next’ Feels Like a Blind Leap “Planning for After” “Return to Normal” “In the Aftermath” “Get Back to Before” “Open Up the Country” I’ve been trying to guess what comes “after” the Covid 19 crisis. What will a return to normal look like? What will...
by Pamela Dennis | Mar 28, 2020 | Agility, Blog, Business Discipline, Change Adaptability, compassion, corona virus, Entrepreneurs, Execution Excellence, Leadership, Leadership Power, Mindsets, Organizational Health, power of mindsets, Protecting a Business, Transitions, Trust
An Historic Challenge Each day hour the information changes. Each press conference delivers conflicting perspectives on what’s real–exacerbated by 24-hour news coverage and analysis. Each local, state or national stay at home order impacts our freedom and...
by Pamela Dennis | Jan 23, 2020 | Blog, Business Interest Protection, creating options, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Meeting Goals, Mindsets, power of mindsets, Retirement, Selling a Business, Transferring ownership, Values
Selfish, Self-less, Self Centered or ….? She wanted to help her son by ‘gifting’ her company of 20+ years to him but worried he wouldn’t recognize and value what it took to build it. Did she owe herself anything? She was fiercely loyal to and appreciative of...
by Pamela Dennis | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, Business Discipline, Execution Excellence, Goal Clarity, Growth, Growth Challenges, Leadership, Meeting Goals, Planning, Strategy, Time Management, Vision
“Work is getting in the way of thinking.” said a CEO I admire and fret about. And a bright, focused financial advisor wanting to grow her practice recently told me, “I keep putting off making my growth plan while I check off today’s to-do’s, thinking I’ll make time...
by Pamela Dennis | Jul 18, 2019 | Blog, Business Discipline, creating options, Futures, Goal Clarity, Growth Challenges, Leadership, Mindsets, Planning, Selling a Business, Strategy, Transitions, Vision, Visioning
Ever wonder why our best intentions to “keep it simple, stupid” just seem to fail us? I wish life and change were simple. I’m not alone. Many communities: wish for more affordable housing, less traffic congestion, better economic and health outcomes for all...
by Pamela Dennis | May 8, 2019 | Agility, Blog, Business Discipline, Change Adaptability, creating options, Entrepreneurs, Execution Excellence, Goal Clarity, Growth, Growth Challenges, Leadership, Meeting Goals, Merger & Acquisition, Merger Integration Planning, Pivoting Direction, Sailing as a Metaphor, Setting Direction, Speed of Execution, Strategy, Tacking Direction, Transitions
I love to sail. I’ve sailed in familiar places like off the coast of California and around the Caribbean, but also along Croatia, in the Whitsundays in Australia, and the throughout the Pontines (the islands off Naples). I escape from everything when I’m sailing....
by Pamela Dennis | Feb 14, 2019 | Blog, Boomer Perspectives, Buyer Options, Entrepreneurs, Gen X Business Owners, Goal Clarity, Guarding Assets in a Sale, Meeting Goals, Merger & Acquisition, Merger Integration Planning, Planning, Protecting a Business, Retirement, Selling a Business, Transferring ownership, Transitions, Values
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” Two wonderful business-owner friends recently completed the sale of their companies. These successful endings had different inspirations and paths. I’m sharing them hoping they instill confidence that,...
by Pamela Dennis | Jan 1, 2019 | Blog, Boomer Perspectives, Change Adaptability, creating options, Encore, Entrepreneurs, Futures, Leadership, Meeting Goals, Mindsets, Organizational Health, Planning, Protecting a Business, questioning well, Retirement, Setting Direction, Strategy, Transitions, Values, Vision
It’s that time of the year when we look around and ask questions like: Am I feeling like “Another year, another dollar?” The actual words to the country song are “Another day, another dollar, working my whole life away.” It’s a pretty sad song about wasting away...
