As the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) says, “it’s impossible for one person to know everything about their industry or business” (BDC, 2017). The concept of an Advisory Board, made up of knowledgeable business people, can provide experience and perspective that you may not have within your organization. These types of Boards are being… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Family and Independent Business
Interview with a Business Owner in Transition
At MarchFifteen, we want to help you protect the future of your business and support you through succession and ownership transition. In past blog posts we’ve talked about the work we do in relation to succession planning in general. We want to go beyond that, and share with you an actual case we worked on… Read more »
A Succession Planning Vlog
We recently did something new – a vlog – thanks to Tim Haunn of The Haunn Group. Maria Milanetti’s participation in the vlog was by interview, in which she and Tim Haunn discussed succession planning and we wanted to share it with you. Enjoy!
Tom Deans on Preparing Your Business For The Next Chapter
We recently held an event featuring Tom Deans, the New York Times best-selling author of Every Family’s Business. The event covered how family businesses can best prepare for sale or purchase of a business, and included the topic of succession planning. After the event we had an opportunity to sit down with Tom, and we… Read more »
Simplicity – Concentrating On Doing Less In Your Business
As we reach our fourth Anniversary here at MarchFifteen and the third Anniversary of our Family and Independent Business Practice, we wanted to reflect on Simplicity – a common theme that has come up in conversations with our clients. My business partner Edyta Pacuk, President and Founder of MarchFifteen, did a fantastic speech and blog… Read more »
The Allegory of Conflict: Managing collisions in the family business – A Guest Blog by Anthony Devine
In this blog written by Anthony Devine, deputy programme leader for the BA (Hons) accounting degree at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, we see three types of conflict that can emerge in family business: Relationship Conflict, Task Conflict and Process Conflict. If your business is encountering any of these, you are not alone. I hope… Read more »
Organizational Culture – What it is and how you might assess it
“Culture eats strategy for lunch.” – Peter Drucker Organizational culture is a term that widely receives attention, yet one that may not be completely understood by many. This blog addresses the much talked about idea of culture and explains what culture is to organizations. It will help you start to think about your organization’s culture,… Read more »
What Is Emotional Intelligence and How Can It Be Improved?
At MarchFifteen we facilitate Emotional Intelligence sessions within organizations and find this a fascinating topic to share with clients. I was very inspired while doing EQ/EI research to come across a Harvard Business Review Blog. It reinforced that it is possible to shift an individual, a team and an entire organization towards a higher awareness… Read more »
Harnessing Family Talent: Human resources planning and communication during family business transition
In October 2014 MarchFifteen Partner, Maria Milanetti, will be presenting on the topic of “Human Resources and Communications during Business Transition” at the Family Firm Institute (FFI) Annual Global conference in Washington D.C. Ahead of her presentation Maria wrote an article on the topic for FFI’s online publication, The Practitioner. Below is the article in it’s entirety,… Read more »
The Emotional Aspects of Family-Owned Business Succession (Part 3) – A Guest Blog by Pierre Gauthier
This is the last of three blogs written for MarchFifteen by our Strategic Partner, Pierre Gauthier, President of Gauthier-Murtada and Partners. Pierre has a wealth of experience working with Family Businesses and is used as a trusted advisor by many organizations in this domain. We appreciate his insights here at MarchFifteen. We also know businesses and… Read more »
