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Reevaluating Short and Long-term Incentive Plans During a Crisis

adweb.admin On July 28, 2020 / Trends in Business / Leave a comment

Reevaluating Short and Long-term Incentive Plans During a Crisis For the past two months, boards and management teams have been working overtime to react quickly and grasp the impact of the Corona Virus. For the most part, organizations, such as yours, have undoubtedly been focused on immediateRead more →

Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better: Diversity In Family Businesses

adweb.admin On June 25, 2020 / Trends in Business / Leave a comment

Gender Diversity In Family-Owned Businesses So much in the news today is centered around diversity in the workplace. While family-owned businesses grow and thrive in the current culture, they are not immune to other organizations' challenges. Addressing the topic of diversity is not a new hurdle either.Read more →

Empirical Evidence On How Family Owned Businesses Deal With COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus

adweb.admin On June 1, 2020 / Trends in Business / Leave a comment

In a recent research article from the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, researchers investigated the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on family firms to provide some interesting insights which shows that the pandemic represents a unique challenge for companies impacted by the crisis. The studyRead more →

Pandemics. Poison Pills. Public. Private

adweb.admin On May 8, 2020 / Business Management / Leave a comment

Pandemics, Poison Pills, Public and Private Try saying that three times really fast. The title of this article is more than a mere alliteration for many companies, and is, instead, a reality that many businesses face in light of COVID-19 (C-19). Pandemics Promulgate Poison Pills In recentRead more →

Leadership In Times of Uncertainty

adweb.admin On April 17, 2020 / News CEO's Can Use / Leave a comment

Leadership In Times of Uncertainty Experience is the best tutor, but what if the circumstances are unique? Experience has always been and will likely always be the best tutor. For this reason, companies require their employees to have experience before taking on any role within aRead more →

C.E.O. Briefing: Corona Virus Crisis, Remembering Welch, and More…

adweb.admin On March 5, 2020 / News CEO's Can Use / Leave a comment

CEO NEWS YOU CAN USE At Ferguson Interests LLC, we occasionally come across some great content that we feel is worth sharing. In a recent newsletter from Chief Executive, we uncovered some fascinating insights and thought that we would pass them along to you. First, we would

Business: The Living Organism

adweb.admin On March 2, 2020 / Trends in Business, Uncategorized / Leave a comment

Characteristics of Life There is a concept known as corporate personhood, that is, the legal notion that a corporation, separate from human beings that run and operate it, have legal rights and responsibilities that are typically only enjoyed by natural persons. The United States Constitution protects corporationsRead more →

Everyone Needs A Coach

adweb.admin On December 20, 2019 / Corporate Governance / Leave a comment

In a recent Ted Talk featuring Bill Gates. Interestingly the point Bill highlights—and the one characteristic common to all high performing individuals, from executives to athletes—is the fact that they all have a coach. Yet, nearly two-thirds of executives of the world don’t. In fact the majority ofRead more →

How and When to Communicate Your Business Is For Sale

adweb.admin On November 22, 2019 / Business Management / Leave a comment

Selling your business can feel like an all-consuming task requiring so much of your time and attention that it can cause you to lose sight of your day-to-day business while making you feel as if you are a character in a Tom Clancy novel. While engaging inRead more →