Is It True That The Quality Of My Workforce Can Make My Company More Valuable? How does that work? How about an example? It does seem intuitively obvious to […]
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YOU’RE A COACH Steven Cesare, Ph.D. An agile business owner from Minnesota called me the other day to talk about assorted issues inherent within her company’s on-going culture change. […]
The High Price of Not Making an Exit Plan – Part Two Last week’s blog was about why you should have an exit plan for your business, especially considering […]
BUT WAIT. THERE’S MORE… Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from North Carolina called me the other day to talk about an issue that scares the hell out of […]
The High Price of Not Making an Exit Plan – Part One I don’t know about you, but I don’t have any plans to die anytime soon. Most of […]
I HAVE TO GET RID OF THIS GUY: SEPARATION AND RELEASE AGREEMENTS Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A highly-successful business owner from Florida called me the other day to talk about […]
How to Tell if You’re Not Ready to Sell Your Business… from a broker/advisor’s perspective. Just like last week’s blog – how to tell if you hired the wrong […]
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE MANAGER BONUS PROGRAM Steven Cesare, Ph.D. An impressive business owner from Oregon called me the other day to talk about moving his company, his culture, and his […]
How to Tell if You’ve Hired the Wrong Broker to Sell Your Business In my experience, it’s difficult to find a “bad” business broker. But as with any large […]
THE BEST DECISION HE EVER MADE Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from California called me the other day to talk about the process one of his colleagues was […]
Question: Why do I need an exit plan? Answer: So you will be prepared to exit your business, which is likely to be your single most important source of wealth. […]
REMINDER TRAINING Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A wise business owner from Maryland called me the other day to talk about the structure, pace, and intent of his Company’s monthly Management […]
Landscapers Taking Time to Integrate their Purchases I’m seeing more references to “integration” in the press these days and hearing it from buyers. What does that mean? After a […]
NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from Alaska called me the other day to talk about the legal and practical roles that a Non-compete Agreement can fulfill […]
What was your annual Return on Investment from your business in 2023? Last week I wrote about intangible values for the year. Today, we are going into a few […]
UNION ACTIVITY Steven Cesare, Ph.D. A business owner from California called me the other day to talk about a recent event involving one of his Maintenance crews. During a […]