Author: Charles Kedra

Several years ago, my family did a cross country trip. I laid out a rough plan of what we wanted to see, places to eat and place to stay. When we hit the road, I looked ahead and tweaked the plan. I did not look in the rearview mirror. Unfortunately, business owners often run their… Continue reading A Hazy Crystal Ball is Better than a Rearview Mirror

Selling a business is a roller coaster of emotions. If you are considering the sale of your business, prepare yourself for the many phases of emotion. Few will encounter all of them, but all will encounter some of them. The Astonishment Phase This phase starts when you realize you have a saleable business, and someone… Continue reading Selling a Business – Phases of Emotion

The term “Work-Life Balance” is widely cited as first occurring in the United States in 1986 in a research paper. I can’t identify the specific source of this much-referred usage, but it is telling that it would pop up when the last Baby Boomers had just turned 21. They were all in the labor pool,… Continue reading Work-Life Balance

Every sane business owner will acknowledge that there is a point at which his or her own skills are no longer sufficient to grow the business beyond its current level. The revenue point where that happens differs by industry, but it frequently begins at around 20 employees. At that point, an owner becomes swamped by… Continue reading The Penultimate Hire

We've all had to deal with very tough situations over the past year and a half. It could be that some of your relationships which ordinarily would have been counted as your closest, are now strained due to emotions running higher than normal, with opinions and world views that differ. How do we keep communication lines open… Continue reading Managing People in Today’s Tough Environment