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Start the Year with Clarity

The beginning of a new year is a natural moment to reset, refocus, and make informed decisions about the future of your business. One of the most powerful - and often overlooked - starting points is understand what your business is really worth today. Whether you plan to transition in one year or ten, business value is the foundation beneath every ownership decision you'll make. Why Business Value Matters More Than You Think Many owners carry a rough estimate of their company

A Look Ahead: Is Your Business Ready for a Transition?

As the year draws to a close, many business owners are reflecting on growth, challenges, and plans for the year ahead. But there's one question that often goes unasked - Is my business prepared for an eventual transition? Whether you plan to sell, bring in partners, pass the business to family, or continue building for a future exit, a strong transition plan protects the value you've built and gives you choices - not pressure - down the road. Why December is the Perfect Time

Prosperous Stagnation: Why Good Quarters Can Hide a Slowdown

Prosperous stagnation is the quiet slowdown. The symptoms of future decline that hide inside healthy results. Revenue looks fine; margins hold. Yet the engines that create durable growth—customer depth, product adoption, innovation velocity, and execution capacity—are flattening. Left unchecked, today’s strength may become tomorrow’s stall. What Prosperous Stagnation Looks Like Depth stalls Balances or accounts grow, but usage, attach rate, and lifetime value plateau. Primar

Quarterly Wins vs. Durable Growth: How Regional Banks Can Have Both

You don’t have to choose between “now” and “next.” With the right levers, your bank can deliver this quarter and build durable growth for the next decade.

The Hidden Risk of Short-Term Wins: Why Sustainable Growth Engines Matter

Firms that rely too heavily on near-term wins often find themselves facing stalled growth, disengaged teams, and eroding competitive advantage.

How to Focus on the Engines of Growth

Breaking free from the Initiative Trap isn’t easy. It requires courage to say no, clarity to define your engines, and commitment to focus. But the payoff is significant: sustainable growth, healthier teams, and stronger client relationships.

The 4% Edge: How Roger Federer’s Secret to Greatness Can Transform Your Business

What separates extraordinary businesses from their competitors?

Be Good Where Others Are Bad

Financial advice is not at its core about money, it’s about people.

The Playbook Problem: Turning Strategy into a System that Works

In our experience helping financial services firms execute their most vital strategic initiatives to drive results, we have observed 4 common missteps when it comes to the utilization of playbooks.

The Power of People, Indeed

Consider the impact you can have on those your lead, work with, and serve every day if you add a little more humanity back into the process and harness the truly remarkable power of people.