What if you could transform your body or your business in 90 days? No, I’m not about to pitch you the newest fitness-business hybrid version of P90X… But I do want to share an experience and some thoughts with you. At the time of writing this article, I’m just getting to the end of an elite body transformation program. My…
I’ve got two rather personal stories for you today. They both stem from the same set of circumstances but have completely different outcomes. In one case, I lost my client’s trust and over time, regained it. In the other, I lost it and never got it back. Both stories are emotionally laden for me. They take me back to one of the hardest points in my career so far.
Over the course of my career, I’ve successfully exited two partnerships. One of these partnerships was with my brother. We ran a thriving Insurance Brokerage together. We knew how important it was to get the right business protection in place. And so, my brother and I got around to the difficult conversation that so many business partners don’t want to…
In 2017, I decided to step down from my business. I sold my shares and switched from running an Insurance brokerage to working with a firm where I would focus solely on serving my clients as an Advisor. When I joined the firm, one question I got asked often was: ‘Why do you have a support team when you could…
I know everyone is talking about how much the world has changed in the last few weeks. It has, but we’ve been in the tumult of a change and uncertainty for a while now. Economies and businesses have been seeing declining numbers for the last year, or more, certain asset classes have been performing poorly, leverages held by banks on…
With family businesses, any kind of financial or other major impact to the business is felt by the family, and vice versa. Here are my two cents on how family businesses can brace themselves for potential impact.
