According to researchers at the University of Tennessee, there are five components needed to build a healthy framework for negotiating agreements: Trust Resiliency Communication Team Orientation Focus Last week we... read more →
Co-authored by Jon Hokama & Kevin Condon Some of you may wonder, “I’m a CFP/wealth manager who’s thinking of acquiring (or selling) my practice. How, exactly, can Jon Hokama and... read more →
One of the hazards of this servant selling (see also Part 1 & Part 2 of this series for reference) approach is to actually violate the Golden Rule. Rather than... read more →
Most businesses choose some form of incorporation whether it’s a LLC or a C-corporation. Each has individual advantages from legal and tax perspectives. What you may not know about is... read more →
Over the last few weeks, we’ve looked at the five components needed to build a healthy framework for negotiating agreements: Trust Resiliency Communication Team Orientation Focus For illustration, I’ve applied... read more →
This blog is dedicated to the millennial stakeholders of our businesses. Today they comprise 34% of our employees; by 2020 that percentage will rise to 46% (1). Our firms will... read more →
Last week, I talked about how a couple of merchants in a little medieval town created an unanticipated social capital footprint. Their decisions to uphold and propagate standards of honest... read more →
“I look forward again to coaching to try to win rather than trying to avoid being defeated.”—John Wooden, UCLA basketball coach, after his fifth (of ten) national titles. For our... read more →
“Mamihlapinatapai” is derived from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego [and is] listed in [the] Guinness Book of Records...as the “most succinct word."1 (Pronounced ma-mE-la-pin-ya-ta-pI). Being a linguistical hobbyist,... read more →
The Celts called it right. They considered Advent—the time leading up to the birth of Jesus—to be a liminal doorway where Past, Present, and Future met in a Person. For... read more →