Who Serves Whom at Your Family Business?
Submitted by Rick Baker – Spirited Leaders Over the last few years, “servant leadership” has become a popular topic. When I asked Google a question about servant leadership, here’s the top-line answer I…
Episode 4: Shawn Casemore
Creating Unstoppable Sales for Businesses Recorded: February 22, 2022 | Length: 23 min 26 sec Shawn Casemore, author, speaker and consultant, discusses his mission to help business owners create unstoppable…
Episode 3: Steve & Scott Wagler
Josslin Insurance & Their Impact on Their Community Recorded: December 13, 2021 | Length: 29 min 51 sec Steve and Scott Wagler of Josslin Insurance discuss the start of Josslin…
Energizing Family Business People
In early 2019, Dirk Schlimm delivered the keynote presentation at CFFB’s inaugural Signature Event. That was a very exciting day for the record-setting crowd of CFFB members and our family-business…
Episode 2: Barney Strassburger
Origins of the Centre for Family Business Recorded: November 15, 2021 | Length: 31 min 17 sec Join Barney Strassburger as he discusses the origins of the Centre and his…
Episode 1: Graham Taylor of Knapp Fasteners
Working with the In-Laws Recorded: October 18, 2021 | Length: 26 min 31 sec Join Graham Taylor of Knapp Fasteners Incorporated as he discusses what it’s like to work in…
Influencing Powerful People – #13
This is the 13th and final Thought Post in a ‘Baker’s Dozen series’, with Dirk Schlimm’s wisdom being the main ingredient. Here’s the 13th quote taken from Dirk’s book, ‘Influencing Powerful People‘:…
Influencing Powerful People – #12
Probably, most people should not work for powerful people. When I use the words powerful people, I mean people who: hold positions of power over us, are driven to meet their goals…
Influencing Powerful People – #11
Here’s a Dirk Schlimm quote that goes beyond ‘influencing powerful people’: “Use every opportunity to observe and learn. It is a lot less costly to learn from the mistakes of…
Influencing Powerful People – #10
“Understand that powerful people think of others as their helpers first and foremost. Let them know that this is what you are there to do. However, don’t let the helper…