From “You and Me” to “We”

The Harvard Business Review dedicated its entire January, 2009 issue to “Transforming Leaders”, One takeaway from the issue as a whole is the need to move well from “you and me” to “we”. Of course transitioning leaders must pick the right strategy across Start-ups, Turnarounds, Accelerated Growth, Realignment or Sustaining Success (Watkins).  Of course CEO [...]

Onboarding into a Family-run Company

In many ways, joining a family-run company is no different than joining any other company.  The seven risks of onboarding still apply (organization, role, personal, learning, relationships, delivery, adjustment).  The three key ideas of getting a head start before the start, controlling your message, and building a high performing team over your first 100-days still [...]