The people you hire to your executive team will impact how successful you can be as a business leader. It’s easy to surround yourself with friends and cheerleaders who share your vision, but you have to ask yourself, “Are they really right fit for the job?” If the answer is no, you might want to hire professionals instead that better fit your available positions. This reasoning also applies to you as the owner. Ask yourself, “Am I really fit to lead this company to the next-level?” These are tough questions but they have to be answered ASAP! Listen to today’s episode with Dr. David Gruder and Jason Tuzinkewich as they talk about the best way to build your executive team. This is part 3 in "The Teams You Need" series, which explores the big challenges that effective executive teams face and how to turn them to your advantage. Find the right people to help you build a thriving business right now!


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Three core teams help businesses flourish:

1. Your Executive Team
2. Your Trusted Advisors Team
3. Your Life After Ownership Team.

In this three-part series, we are devoting an episode to each of these teams. In this second episode of the series, we explore the big challenges that effective "Trusted Advisors" teams face and how to turn these challenges to your advantage. These are the very people who help facilitate the success of your business, but too often, they are the ones given the least amount of attention. It’s time to change that and propel your business forward. Join this conversation to learn how you can take advantage of this core team!

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There are three core teams that help businesses flourish:● Your executive team● Your trusted advisors team● Your life after ownership team In this three-part series, we will devote an episode to each of these teams. Together with Dr. David Gruder and Jason Tuzinkewich, this episode will explore the three big challenges that effective "Life After Ownership" teams face and share the best strategies for addressing them well—starting by being carefully selective of your team. Join us and understand the significance of a "Life After Ownership" team to ensure your business will continue to thrive for years to come.


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This is part two of a two-part series on becoming upheavals resilient. In the first part, we unpacked key types of upheavals that are important to be aware of, so you can minimize what's preventable and be more prepared to navigate what's unforeseeable. In part 2, Dr. David Gruder and Jason Tuzinkewich discuss ways you can make your company more upheavals resilient, so you can use upheavals as opportunities instead of being dragged under by them.

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Don't let upheavals drag you under. Use them as opportunities instead. Dr. David Gruder and Jason Tuzinkewich take you on a two-part series on becoming Upheavals Resilient. They unpack the key types of upheavals, so you can minimize what's preventable and be more prepared to navigate what's unforeseeable. Big disasters and big opportunities are right around the corner, waiting to happen. Often, they are only catastrophic for the unprepared. Be a victor, not a victim. Join this conversation to learn how to make your company more Upheavals Resilient.

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Human capital plays a massive role in the success and failure of M&A and all other types of succession. To reduce change-of-control anxiety, three human capital dimensions must be attended to in an integrated way: the seller, the buyer, and the company personnel. In this episode, we unpack what you can do in your business starting today to put yourself in the best position when it's time for a change of control. We present strategies for overcoming glaring gaps in M&A and the right way to build indispensable teams dedicated to reducing change-of-control anxiety.


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Success depends as much on what is happening outside as it is on the inside of your business. Rounding up with the last episode of our four-part series, Dr. David Gruder and Jason Tuzinkewich cover how to develop a more effective relationship with external risk factors and upheavals, so your business can keep thriving no matter what the market conditions might be. So don't miss out and hear in this final installment the business exit readiness mindset, success strategies, and tactical tips that will help you take charge of your surroundings and keep your business in that upward growth trajectory. 

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Exiting your business can be scary. You’ve built your business with blood, sweat, and tears, and now you’ve got to sell it. That is inevitable, people grow old. So the best thing you can do is to start thinking of your next life chapter. What will your legacy be onwards? In this episode, Dr. David Gruder and Jason Tuzinkewich illuminate how to realistically determine whether you're truly ready to be without your business, along with describing exactly what's involved in becoming truly ready. Take these steps to get free from subliminal resistance to exiting!

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How do you know when your business is ready to be sold? Are you ready to sell? Do you already know what the next chapter of your life is going to be? These are all the things you should know beforehand. In this episode, Dr. David Gruder and Jason Tuzinkewich cover key challenges that business owners face in deciding when to sell their businesses. They pull back the curtain on what's beneath those challenges and provide you with useful tips for resolving those root causes. Dr. Gruder and Jason wrap up the episode with some practical steps you can take to reliably determine when your business is ready to be sold.

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Statistics show that 83 to 90% of business owners have no business exit plan whatsoever. And only 4% of the lower middle market business owners have a formal life after ownership plan. As a business owner, it's your duty to keep your business running long after you retire. You also need to know what your endgame is once you've set everything aside. In this episode, Dr. David Gruder and Jason Tuzinkewich explore the challenges business owners face when choosing their best exit. Find out why you shouldn't just sell your business for money. Discover your very own life after ownership plan. Learn all of this and more in this episode of Boosting Business Value.

Please note that all XZBN radio and/or television shows are Copyright © REL-MAR McConnell Meda Company, Niagara, Ontario, Canada – www.rel-mar.com. For more Episodes of this show and all shows produced, broadcasted and syndicated from REL-MAR McConell Media Company and The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network and the 'X' Zone TV Channell, visit www.xzbn.net. For programming, distribution, and syndication inquiries, email [email protected].