Lara's family business was going strong for decades, but one year things unexpectedly took a turn for the worse. Are the good days behind them or is there a path to a brighter future?
Case Studies
Michael Lobraico, founder of NCI Solutions, writes monthly case studies exploring solutions to a variety of challenges faced by individuals connected to family businesses as well as executive leaders in general.
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You may read or listen to his recent case studies, below. For past case studies, please see the Archive page.
Family owned and operated businesses
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A Lesson from Elementary School Solves a Business Problem
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Thinking Outside the Family - Part 1
“The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place” George Bernard Shaw wrote and it is still true today. With 93% of all communication being non verbal “Thinking Outside the Family” part # 1 uses a family business to explore what is being said and not being said and how those messages are being picked up or not.
Executive leadership
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The Trap of Business Traditions
Monisha explained that essentially what they wanted to do was to go back to the methods that had made Singh Financial a success in the past.
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Commander's Intent
“Traditionally, military commanders led by assigning tasks, but after using this method and suffering a devastating loss to Napoleon in 1806, the Prussians
rethought their approach and developed what military experts now call mission command, or commander’s intent. “