by Pamela Dennis | Oct 9, 2018 | Blog, Boomer Perspectives, Change Adaptability, Core Capabilities, creating options, Encore, Futures, Meeting Goals, Mindsets, Planning, power of mindsets, Retirement, Selling a Business, Setting Direction, Transitions, Values, Visioning
How Do You Think About the Road Ahead? I look out my window each day to trees turning increasingly brilliant shades of gold, orange and red. I love autumn, and I look forward to it because fall days are never the same, from the colors to the temperatures. Each fall...
by Pamela Dennis | Aug 22, 2018 | Agility, Blog, Business Interest Protection, Change Adaptability, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Growth Challenges, Leadership, Meeting Goals, Merger & Acquisition, Merger Integration Planning, Organizational Health, Planning, Profitability, Protecting a Business, Selling a Business, Setting Direction, Speed of Execution, Strategy, Transferring ownership, Transitions, Values, Vision
Until my newest car, I always drove a five speed standard transmission vehicle. I liked its responsiveness in variable driving conditions. I believed I was more in control of my car, and I liked the feel and sound of the increasing revs as I shifted. I also believed I...
by Pamela Dennis | Jul 16, 2018 | Blog, Boomer Perspectives, Change Adaptability, college planning, creating options, Encore, Futures, Meeting Goals, Mindsets, Planning, power of mindsets, questioning well, Retirement, Selling a Business, Setting Direction, Transitions, Vision
I spent three days with my 15 year-old niece exploring her college ambitions. Four ahas emerged. 1) I’m glad I’m not a sophomore in high school these days. 2) What a difference asking the right questions can make. 3) How unexamined mind-habits can have powerful,...
by Pamela Dennis | May 8, 2018 | Blog, Business Interest Protection, Change Adaptability, Encore, Futures, Growth, Growth Challenges, Leadership, Planning, Protecting a Business, Retirement, Selling a Business, Setting Direction, Start-Ups, Strategy, Transitions, Values, Visioning
Vision, mission, values, purpose — Huh? Too many leaders get sucked into endless word-smith battles about this set of words. Instead, what emerging and transitioning companies — as well as exit-planning business owners — need is a set of...
by Pamela Dennis | Mar 31, 2018 | Agility, Blog, Change Adaptability, Engagement, Growth, Leadership, Leadership Power, Mindsets, power, Protecting a Business, Speed of Execution, Strategy, Trust
Guest Blog by Gary Frank PhD, a colleague of many years that I continuously learn from with every cup of coffee or glass of wine. Pamela’s most recent blog, discussed engagement as a key lever for enhancing an organization’s capability. In her example,...
by Pamela Dennis | Mar 2, 2018 | Agility, Blog, Business Interest Protection, Car Love Affairs, Change Adaptability, Core Capabilities, cost of growth, Engagement, Entrepreneurs, Futures, Growth, Growth Challenges, Leadership, Meeting Goals, Profitability, Speed of Execution, Strategy, Transitions, Trust
Big audacious goals? Huge opportunities? Poised for take-off? You’ve got the market winds behind you and a product or service offering like nobody else’s. What’s to worry about? My thirty years’ consulting experience tells me that successful executives do worry, and...
by Pamela Dennis | Jan 15, 2018 | Blog, Boomer Perspectives, Encore, Futures, Leadership, Planning, Protecting a Business, Retirement, Selling a Business, Strategy, Transferring ownership, Transitions, Visioning
It’s a new year, may it be a rewarding one! What does that mean to you? If you’re a long-time business owner it may mean continued growth and profitability or maybe just a year better than the last. If you’re like 75% of business owners you’re counting on the year...
by Pamela Dennis | Oct 27, 2017 | Blog, cost of growth, Entrepreneurs, Futures, Growth, Growth Challenges, Planning, Selling a Business, small business growth rates, Transitions
Nothing excites owners like the prospect of growth. Nothing causes more nightmares than managing it. How to fund it, prepare for it, keep up with it, survive it! Do I really need to grow to be viable? What’s healthy growth and what’s destructive? So many worries about...
by Pamela Dennis | Sep 8, 2017 | Blog, Business Interest Protection, Costs, Futures, Guarding Assets in a Sale, Planning, Protecting a Business, Selling a Business, Transferring ownership, Transitions
Auto seatbelts have been around for over a seventy-five years. Remember those two-point lap belts in the fifties? Seatbelt installation wasn’t required in US cars until 1966. By 1981, only 11 percent of US drivers used them. It wasn’t until 1989 that most states...
by Pamela Dennis | Jul 25, 2017 | Blog, Car Love Affairs, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Growth Challenges, Leadership, Planning, Start-Ups, Transitions
In my last blog post I began with a picture of a classic ’57 Chevy Bel Air. It was a metaphor for the need to let go of some of the things you loved about your company’s Good Old Days of go-go growth. My point was that each stage of company growth has its strengths;...
