Over the last two weeks, we’ve learned from the impact life purpose has in undergirding the lives of two “business” owners. This is the time of year when successful business owners are planning for 2015. It’s a great time to review how closely your own life purpose aligns with your... read more →
Apr
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Apr
25
Want To Solve The People Puzzle? Give "Power To The People!" In our last ABA Insider, we began giving you tips for recession-proofing your company by solving the people puzzle. Our first tip on using your team as the most effective tool you have in your arsenal for outwitting the competition,... read more →
Apr
24
Last week I referenced the practice of journaling as a tool to prepare yourself as leader for “presencing.” Journaling is like panning for gold: you’ve got to sift through a lot of dirt and gravel to capture a few flakes—nuggets, even—of valuable gold! Until you grow a self-sustaining business, you... read more →
Apr
23
Investment firm owners have many hats to wear. A few of these are worn daily and include quick pivots from Owner to Advisor to Operations Manager to IT to Sales. What about your hat? For fun, take this survey Results from the poll will be published next week. Today’s post... read more →
Apr
22
So what is your Money Type? (I am a Magician first but, under duress, am influenced by the Innocent) Were you surprised about what you discovered? Armed with the awareness of your Money Type, you have the advantage of to be in focused, active dialogue with any potential conflicts of... read more →
Apr
22
Take our Survey Some of you are new to our weekly online Journal, have been reading the monthly Strategic Edge or come to us from reading Jon Hokama’s “Liminal Dimensions” weekly blog. By filling out this survey, you will help us understand YOUR top questions and concerns as business owners (or... read more →
Apr
21
God’s Solution for Our Disobedience and Sin Living in Us: Become a Child of God and Be Set Free From the Sinful Nature No one escapes the reality of physical death on this earth. As most estate planners point out, the mortality rate in this life is 100%. But... read more →
Apr
20
“Without the Spirit of God we can do nothing. We are ships without wind…Like branches without sap, we are withered. Like coals without fire-we are useless.” Charles H. Spurgeon A. Situational Analysis Bert Harned M.D. explains how any Christian, with no seminary training, can walk in the Spirit in his... read more →
Apr
19
We are excited to announce that American Business Advisors’ (ABA) client CAVEO Consulting Engineers (CCE) has completed a successful merger with Specialized Engineering Solutions (SES). In the final phase of a multi-year, multi-service developmental consulting engagement with CCE, ABA provided solutions from our Family Business EffectivenessSM system of services to... read more →
Apr
18
Click for Part 1. Demosthenes was a great 4th-century B.C.E. orator. His power to conate (act purposefully in the same direction) to perfect his craft are legendary. He spent endless hours developing his skills in diction, projection, and gesture. In fact, because Demosthenes suffered from a speech impediment, he purportedly sharpened... read more →