Succession planning is a business-building decision. Glen Dall on what makes a company transferable, owner dependence, cash, and life after the sale.

A company can grow and execute well while circling the block. Glen Dall on vision, strategy, and a five-minute test for your leadership team.

Execution rarely fails inside a function. It fails in the handoffs between them, and those handoffs still run through the CEO. What to change this quarter.

Ask a CEO what their greatest asset is and nearly every one of them says the same thing. Our people. Then ask for a follow-up, where does your company have its strongest processes? Where do you have documentation, training, a system that runs without you in the room? Almost every time, the answer is operations, not people. That gap is the essence of this whole article. The Cliché That Became a Camouflage "Our people are our greatest asset" has been repeated so often it stoppe

Plenty of companies grow in spite of themselves. They're in the right place at the right time, in a market with high demand and short supply. As the old saying goes, a rising tide lifts all boats. Think back to the U.S. housing boom in the 2000s. Anyone who could put up a house had a growing business. Demand was enormous, rates were low, loans were easy. Every builder in the market was making money and feeling like a genius, certain they were running a great company. Then 200

The same instincts that built your company are now the ceiling on its growth. A direct look at what the transition from founder to leader actually costs.