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7 Deadly Sins of Transition: Sin #6: Walk Before You Run

Fail early, fail often, fail forward. As most experiments fail, real progress requires trying out tons of ideas, decreasing the lag time between attempts and increasing the knowledge gained from results.” -Dominic Basulto, Silicon Valley guru

7 Deadly Sins of Transition: Sin #5: Building a Winning Culture

Articles

As you face your transition, you need to encourage your people to think differently. The focus needs to be less on winning and more on looking for new opportunities that may in fact be unsuccessful.

What is Sustainability and Why Does It Matter for Your Business?

Articles

According to the BDC, enforcing a sustainability strategy for your business can lead to reduced waste, lower costs and increased customer engagement. Not only is there an incentive for such a strategy because it's good for the planet, but it is also good for business.

7 Deadly Sins of Transition: Sin #4 - Know Your Customer

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If you can’t effectively train both your successors and your customers to transact business without you, you will never be able to leave your business.

7 Deadly Sins of Transition: Sin #3 - If It Ain’t Broke – Don’t Fix It!

Articles

It's important not to fall into the “that’s the way we’ve always done it” mentality, or worse, a “that’s not our business” attitude during a transition.

7 Deadly Sins of Transition: Sin #2 - Lead by Example

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“A leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.” - Nelson Mandela

Paulo Is Retiring

Articles

I don’t know Paulo but I wonder how his retirement is going...

The Seven Deadly Sins of Transition: A Series

Articles

The thinking that got you here won’t get you to where you need to be.” - Albert Einstein

This Is Why a Strong EBITDA Matters

Articles

Why is cash flow so important in a business transition? The stronger the EBITDA, the more prospective buyers will be willing to pay for the business.

What is Business Transition?

Articles

Whether you are thinking to grow, exit or step back from your business, these all require effective transition strategies to ensure success.

BTA Helps the Homeless

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This year we have decided to help the less fortunate people we all see on the streets every day.

Plan to Win

Articles

Setting out to transform your company to an “entirely different level of effectiveness” can be an exhilarating experience.

3 Reasons Why Now is the Time

Articles

As a business owner you are concerned about growth. You may be thinking - is the market right? Can I afford it? Should I wait until things improve?

Work it Like You Own It!

Articles

You can feel the positive energy when you walk through the door. I want this company to win, not just for the sake of the business, but also for Molly.

Driving Value

Articles

Identifying the things that build value, and making that transferable to the next generation of owners can be a challenging undertaking.

The Transition Expertise Gap

Articles

Business owners need help to unlock the hidden value in their business. Transition out of your business on your own terms and realize value.

Unknown Unknowns

Articles

The unknown can be a scary place. But it can also be the place where the real value of the business has been hiding all along.

Finish Strong

Articles

Whether you’re selling or handing off your business, with the end in sight, now is the time for owners to extract that extra bit of effort to finish strong.

Living in Denial

Articles

‘The thinking that got us to where we are today isn’t the thinking that’s going to get us to where we need to be.’ – Albert Einstein

Build Your Castle

Articles

“To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan… believe … act!” – Alfred A Montapert, American Author

7 Deadly Sins of Transition: Sin #6: Walk Before You Run

Articles

7 Deadly Sins of Transition: Sin #5: Building a Winning Culture

Articles

As you face your transition, you need to encourage your people to think differently. The focus needs to be less on winning and more on looking for new opportunities that may in fact be unsuccessful.

What is Sustainability and Why Does It Matter for Your Business?

Articles

7 Deadly Sins of Transition: Sin #4 - Know Your Customer

Articles

If you can’t effectively train both your successors and your customers to transact business without you, you will never be able to leave your business.

7 Deadly Sins of Transition: Sin #3 - If It Ain’t Broke – Don’t Fix It!

Articles

It's important not to fall into the “that’s the way we’ve always done it” mentality, or worse, a “that’s not our business” attitude during a transition.

7 Deadly Sins of Transition: Sin #2 - Lead by Example

Articles

Paulo Is Retiring

Articles

I don’t know Paulo but I wonder how his retirement is going...

The Seven Deadly Sins of Transition: A Series

Articles

The thinking that got you here won’t get you to where you need to be.” - Albert Einstein

This Is Why a Strong EBITDA Matters

Articles

Why is cash flow so important in a business transition? The stronger the EBITDA, the more prospective buyers will be willing to pay for the business.

What is Business Transition?

Articles

Whether you are thinking to grow, exit or step back from your business, these all require effective transition strategies to ensure success.

BTA Helps the Homeless

News

This year we have decided to help the less fortunate people we all see on the streets every day.

Plan to Win

Articles

Setting out to transform your company to an “entirely different level of effectiveness” can be an exhilarating experience.

3 Reasons Why Now is the Time

Articles

As a business owner you are concerned about growth. You may be thinking - is the market right? Can I afford it? Should I wait until things improve?

Work it Like You Own It!

Articles

You can feel the positive energy when you walk through the door. I want this company to win, not just for the sake of the business, but also for Molly.

Driving Value

Articles

Identifying the things that build value, and making that transferable to the next generation of owners can be a challenging undertaking.

The Transition Expertise Gap

Articles

Business owners need help to unlock the hidden value in their business. Transition out of your business on your own terms and realize value.

Unknown Unknowns

Articles

The unknown can be a scary place. But it can also be the place where the real value of the business has been hiding all along.

Finish Strong

Articles

Whether you’re selling or handing off your business, with the end in sight, now is the time for owners to extract that extra bit of effort to finish strong.

Living in Denial

Articles

‘The thinking that got us to where we are today isn’t the thinking that’s going to get us to where we need to be.’ – Albert Einstein

Build Your Castle

Articles

“To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan… believe … act!” – Alfred A Montapert, American Author

The Seven Deadly Sins of Transition

John Hotson

John Hotson discusses the Seven Deadly Sins of Transition with CIBC Private Wealth Management.

Newsletters

Everything is Changing – Are You?

Transformation – How one owner considered how his transformation would be perceived by all of his stakeholders.

Lonely at The Top – Do you have anyone you can talk to about your business?

Comfort Closes Deals – Add value by going beyond basic bookkeeping

So you’ve sold your business, What’s on your mind now? – 12 questions retiring business owners ask

The Radical Sales Shift – How buyers have taken control of the purchasing process

Driving Value – Value drivers are rooted in Organizational routines

Three tips when transitioning your business

Recommended summer reading

Improve the value of your business – Top eight Business Value Drivers

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Reference Articles

Globe & Mail Nov 2015 – Boomer Shift, by Richard Blackwell writes about how three-quarters of small business owners plan to exit their business over the next ten years. He states: PricewaterhouseCoopers, in a recent report, predicts a “highly competitive buyer’s market between 2018 and 2025” for family businesses, and suggests that many owners will not get the nest egg they hoped for.”….Read More

Globe & Mail Feb 2016 – The Perils of not Planning Succession, By KIRA VERMOND, NOREEN RASBACH – With business owners about to collectively transfer a huge chunk of wealth to the next generation, they may be overestimating how easy that will be to do…Read More

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