This can, with acute awareness on part of senior managements, move organisation from fire-fighting when things go wrong, to an ongoing search for quality, review and questioning of assumptions. This becomes as Ricardo Semler found in his wonderful book, ‘Maverick’, rewarding holistically, for organisation, employees and also locality as a whole.

A marvellous example of embracing change, freeing a business owner and exemplar leader, and his team to realise their true potential.

An exercise to consider...

1. Think about changes where you have been involved.

2. How were changes launched to you?

3. What were your feelings at time?

4. What are your feelings now, in retrospect?

5. What might have made experience better, in light of information above?

6. How might you have ‘done it differently’?

7. In your own organisations, what opportunities do you have for involving your people in change?

8. How could you explore this further?

9. What could you do in next month?

10. What will you do?

An entrepreneur must check his ego and keep it under control in order be able to lead those around him, nobody likes to work with an egomaniac.

I believe that meetings can be useful or a waste of time, if all you do at a meeting is inform staff of what you are doing or what you would like them to do, you are wasting valuable time that could be use to implement corporate strategy. This can be done with a memo.

In order for a meeting to be of some value it must include a free exchange of ideas, a good leader seeks to know what those who are in corporate battle field think. Because they are one who are in trenches, in a position to be able to hear what customers and employees are thinking and saying.

A good advisory service can sometimes be beneficial to assist in evaluation of potential merger and acquisition candidates, to help identify potential candidates for joint ventures, or investment. Also helps with due diligence process, structuring of transaction and development of corporate strategies for growth and investment.

A good advisory service will evaluate your company and advise you as to best way to go public, either traditional IPO, Reverse Merger or Regulation D (504) offering.

Once decision has been made on which method to use in going public (for many small companies is either Reverse merger or Regulation D (504) offering.) The consultant used, must be able to guide you through intricacies of public arena. And have financial industry contacts.

Don’t sit on your dream waiting for perfect situation because it may never come, had Bill Gates waited until Microsoft’s public shares could justify a higher price before going public, he might still be waiting.

Microsoft and Yahoo are not isolated situation but just two of many who looked at challenge and saw an opportunity. I guess old saying “ faint hearts never won fair ladies “ is still apropos today.

For additional information please contact Genesis Corporate Advisor.

www.genesiscorporateadvisors.com josephquinones@genesiscorporateadvisors.com

Joseph Quinones is President and founder of Genesis Corporate Advisors, prior to that he was President and founder of JDQ financial Group, Inc. a full service broker dealer which Mr. Quinones proceeded to build up from a one man operation to the point where it employed many traders, and advised numerous clients while generating millions in revenues.