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 | 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...
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...