In edition 135 of Growth (29th August, 2018), I talked about Passive Aggressive personalities and the destructive role they play inside too many family businesses.

In my regular Quarterly Meeting with some fantastic clients recently, we discussed the issue of a staff member who appears to have plateaued in their development.

The problem with financial reports is they always tell the story after the fact – the end of the month, the end of the quarter or the end of the year. The result is reported anywhere from 1 week to 9 months after the period ends.

Against all the odds, Scott Morrison led the Liberal National Coalition to a stunning victory in the 2019 Federal Election last Saturday. For three years, the opinion polls have consistently pointed to the Labor Party in front. The revolving doors of the Prime Ministership have continued throughout the last term of the Parliament. In actual fact, when ScoMo won the job last August, it’s fair to say he was the leader of a smouldering political wreck and a damaged brand. Yet, as he said on Election night, miracles happen.

A good client of mine emailed me a few weeks back. One of his customers, a large, multinational, issued the edict that their supplier payment terms were going out to 90 days from 1st July, 2019.

In my very first semester of University in 1986, word did the rounds prior to the first half exams that No Doze was effective in helping you cram for exams. At a tick over 18 at that time, I listened, considered then decided – performance enhancing drugs for accounting undergraduates – what’s the harm in giving that a go?

At the tail end of our recent trip to the USA, my wife, Trish, and I decided to spend a couple of days in Miami. Some rest and relaxation was in order after a full week of meetings, learning and collaboration.

Two weeks ago, as the Cherry Blossoms were in full bloom in the Northern Spring, I was in Washington DC attending Alan Weiss’ Fifth Annual Million Dollar Consulting Convention.

By and large, in most family businesses, you have three types of employees:

I’m going to stir the pot today and talk about Big Business, it’s bad behaviour and how some of it is not far short of corporate bullying.