Bob PadenJan 31, 20193 minAvoiding Succession Planning? You Need To Read This.http://zionsvillemonthlymagazine.com/local-merchant-on-managing-life-before-and-after-ulcerative-colitis/ In a recent article in the Zion...
Bob PadenNov 21, 20181 minOvercoming Risk With AttitudeI was speaking with a client this morning in preparation for a meeting next week with the owner and his team. We were talking through som...
Bob PadenAug 23, 20182 minTariffs Drives Need for Changehttps://www.wsj.com/articles/we-are-at-the-limit-trumps-tariffs-turn-small-businesses-upside-down-1533660467 One of today's articles in t...
Bob PadenJul 12, 20182 minStrategic Planning And Why It's Time To Step Outside Your Comfort Zonehttps://hbr.org/webinar/2017/12/the-big-lie-of-strategic-planning A recent webinar on the article written by Roger L. Martin made a provo...
Bob PadenJun 11, 20182 minChange Now or Face Major Obstacles to Business Growthhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/american-jobs-outnumber-the-jobless-1528212776 A recent article in the WSJ outlined the trend of job opening...
Bob PadenMay 23, 20182 minScale or Bailhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/advice-to-new-grads-scale-or-bail-1526841165 A recent opinion article in the WSJ (written by Andy Kessler) s...
Bob PadenMay 14, 20182 minUnderstanding The True Cost Of TurnoverOver the last several months, I've met with a variety of business owners talking about the difficulty in finding talent to fill their ope...
Bob PadenApr 12, 20182 minCoffee with the Mayor of ZionsvilleI'm late in writing this, but thought I needed to finish it today. Last week, I had coffee with Tim Haak, Mayor of Zionsville. I asked fo...
Bob PadenApr 8, 20182 minStop Propping Up Small Business??https://www.wsj.com/articles/stop-propping-up-small-business-1523027017 Well, this article caught my eye yesterday in the WSJ. The more I...
Bob PadenMar 16, 20182 minLet's Talk with Each Other, Not at Each OtherEarlier this week while traveling in the truck, I was convicted by something I heard on the radio. As most of us do now, we live in the s...
Bob PadenMar 10, 20181 minContinued Good News for the US Labor ForceContinued good news for our US labor force...while we have not yet hit "full employment" level, the trend is heading in the right directi...
Bob PadenMar 3, 20182 min#BetterInBooneWarning: I'm angry. And I'm going to vent. The events that unfolded yesterday morning just remind me what a broken world we live in, and ...
Bob PadenFeb 23, 20181 minC-Corp or S-Corp? Time to think about it!A great article for business owners to read and talk to their tax accounting professionals about given recent tax law changes. It is real...
Bob PadenFeb 16, 20182 minTime to Step Up?Warning: This article may get you stirred up! An article today in the WSJ (attached) caught my attention. At first, my first reaction was...
Bob PadenFeb 10, 20181 minWill the coming wave of inflation stunt your business growth? Get in front of it now!Now that the economy is picking up, new fears of inflation are beginning to creep in. A recent WSJ.com article outlined this fear in good...
Bob PadenJan 17, 20183 minBig Announcement from TIER321 and LateralOne - Introducing CorporateLeap™I am proud to announce that my business partner and I will be launching a new service starting in February named CorporateLeap™! I am t...
Bob PadenDec 30, 20172 min"You Never Know"One final thought for 2017 as we head to New Year's Eve 2017.... One "saying" that has stuck with me for many years now is "you never know...
Bob PadenNov 1, 20172 minChange in Plans - Are You Prepared?This wonderful view was not in my plans. However, it is this morning. While returning from a client visit out of state, my vehicle experi...