And not your kids.... HBO's Succession depicted the complex dynamics of passing down a family business, painfully reminding the viewer of the potential challenges and pitfalls of transitioning leadership to the next generation. Having worked with many family businesses, these dynamics can be all too real and can not only wreck family holidays but...
What to consider when selling your business
The Canadian Federation for Independent Business reported in January 2023 indicating that 76% of small business owners are planning to exit their business in the coming 10-years. Of these only 9% have a succession plan in place. Given this, what are you doing to facilitate selling your business? Planning the sale of your business can be...
What’s Going On, Really?
Life’s lessons are all around us if we are open to them. With 4 kids in hockey, I spend a lot of time in hockey rinks these days, so for me, life lessons show up in hockey rinks. ☺ This past weekend, my eldest two kids, were playing a minor hockey game AGAINST one another. Normally siblings would be in the same hockey association, and would...
Connected, We Shall Overcome
We are star dust, we are golden and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden. – Joni Mitchell There is such divisiveness in the political and economic world right now, it’s painful to be part of a society with this level of oppression, especially at a time when we need to work together to overcome the massive environmental crisis we face. We...
Bossy Girl, Collaborative Woman
I have a four-year old daughter. She is lovely, and bossy. I recently read that by the age of 5 girls are taught that it's not girl like to be bossy. I have to admit, as the mother of a bossy 4-year old I find myself thinking…., “don’t be so bossy”. And I stop myself. I don’t remember saying this to my boys. Is this gender bias ingrained in me...
Connected Business
I stood on the side of hill, in the Andes at 3700 metres altitude. There was a gentle rain falling, there was thunder in the distance. There were small homes nearby, homes that do not have running water, electricity or any of the comforts that I am used to in my Ottawa home. I am standing in a field of recently planted organic quinoa. The soil is...