business transactions: making the most of an opportunity for positive change
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Business Transactions: Making the Most of an Opportunity for Positive Change
Think of an example where the business performed at a high level post‐transaction.
What factors led to the success?
Lessons Learned from the Search Fund Model
Business For Sale
What would happen if every member of the team knew where the company is going
and why?
“If they don't weigh in, then they won't buy in.”
– Pat Lencioni
How do we create clear linkages between my job and the company goals?
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words . . .
IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING, THIS IS NOT A PICTURE . . .
Software Tools Can Help
Embrace Radical Transparency
Establish a Frequent
Goal Setting Rhythm
“3.5X More Likely to be in
the Top Quartile of
their Industry.”
Bottoms Up & Cross Functional Approach to Goals
Talent Development & Coaching
“If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.”— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Deep Domain Knowledge
Willingness to Repeat Hard Things, Even After Initial Failures
Push Themselves Just Beyond Their Current
Capabilities
"Organizations tend to assign people based on what they're already good at, not what they need to work on."
‐ Geoff Colvin
Developmental Goals
"The best performers set goals that are not just about the outcome, but about the process of reaching the outcome."
Deliberate Practice
3‐3‐1 in 15 minutes
•What’s working?•What’s not?•One goal
Let’s Connect
Dan Griffiths is the Director of Strategic Planning at Tanner, a CPA firm based in Salt Lake City. He provides strategic and business planning, business coaching, and leadership development. Contact Dan at: [email protected] connect with him on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dangriffithscpa