HBO's SUCCESSION Isn't Just Great TV
SUCCESSION does a great job of highlighting two especially critical components of corporate governance: effective communications and independent boards.
Thought Leadership / Op-eds
Featured Articles
Explore a featured selection of my writing work below.
Want Drama? Don't Prepare for Estate Taxes
There’s something out there. Something looming. You can’t quite put your finger on it. If you’re a successful business owner, that looming specter is estate tax. Ignore it at your peril.
The Care & Feeding of Employees During Transition
Transitions can be tough for employees. But they don’t have to be. Whether it’s an outright sale, a generational ownership transfer or an ESOP, there are definitive steps you can take to ease employee angst during what will be a critical time for business performance.
What’s Your Business Worth?
Will it be enough to meet your needs post-exit? Back of the envelop comparisons, or valuations based on industry multiples, often create unrealistic expectations that can jeopardize our plans post-exit or in retirement.
Steering Head-on Into Accountability
Why and when private company founders should form an independent board.
‘More Time, More Life’ campaign works for the airport
We remind people that the average differential in airfare may not be worth the time and miles they’re putting in. That, of course, is a subjective argument. Such is advertising.
