Archive for January, 2010

Is Selling Your Business the Best “Exit Plan”?

January 10th, 2010
Is Selling Your Business the Best

My neighbor asked me, “Why would anyone sell a successful company?”. He could not understand why anyone would leave a business that was doing well. Of course successful companies get sold all the time.

So why do these business owners sell? The short answer is that most closely held businesses sell for human reasons, such as burn out, retirement, illness, partnership disputes, family issues or other personal reasons. Usually the business is » Read more: Is Selling Your Business the Best “Exit Plan”?

Liquidating your Business Assets Can be an Efficient and Prudent Exit Strategy

January 8th, 2010
Liquidating your Business Assets Can be an Efficient and Prudent Exit Strategy

We Buy Your Business

In today’s dynamic business environment you’re either Growing or Going…out of business that is! If you’re part of the latter contingent and have made the decision to get out of a business but are unable to transition your business internally or sell it as an intact entity, full or partial liquidation of assets » Read more: Liquidating your Business Assets Can be an Efficient and Prudent Exit Strategy

New Employee Acculturation: Measure, Engage, and Immerse

January 3rd, 2010
New Employee Acculturation: Measure, Engage, and Immerse

Onboarding a new employee is often myopically defined as quickening a new employee to effectiveness. While this achieves a particular objective of a strategic onboarding process for many companies, it falls short of a complete definition and leaves managers of human capital with a goal so vague as to nearly render it useless (how fast is quick, and what is effective?) Furthermore, quickening effectiveness for many employers in blue collar industr » Read more: New Employee Acculturation: Measure, Engage, and Immerse