Family-owned small business are actually three distinct but related systems, with part of each system separate and part bound together.
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Consider mediation inside your business' four walls
Do you have employees who should work together but don’t? David Gage joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the advantages of using an impartial third party to mediate and resolve conflicts inside the four walls of your business.
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David Gage joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how to know when it’s time to bring a partnership – even a long-term one – to an end, and how to make that happen before things get too bad.
David Gage joins Jim Blasingame to discuss business partnerships, especially the extra degree of difficulty that comes when the partnership is comprised of family members, and why compatible values are always the coin of the partnership realm.
David Gage joins Jim Blasingame to report on the surge in partnerships that coincide with the increase in business startups during the pandemic, and to discuss what Jim calls the “Partnership Paradox.”
David Gage joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why you should be prepared to walk away from a prospective partnership if you determine that critical elements that lead to success are not aligned between all parties.
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