| Business Planning - Change | ||
| By Mary Lacey-Gibson, CFP (r) As published in the January 2008 issue of the GPN Newsletter As a member of the Garrett Planning Network, Mary is often a contributor to their newsletter. This month she touches on the subject of changes that occur within businesses as they grow and change. Change is inevitable. Businesses thrive when they embrace change, plan for it and act on their plans. Resistance to change brings about frustration, stagnation and another inevitable, loss of business. |
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| Starting your own business | ||
| By Mary Lacey-Gibson, CFP(r) February 14, 2007 Do you dream of owning your own business? As a business owner myself I can readily understand this dream. Unfortunately too often people don't prepare well enough before opening a business and the dream turns into a nightmare. Whether you want to start a business as a second career after retirement, simply want to control your own destiny or just can't face going into work for someone else one more day, it takes a good deal of preparation long before you open the doors to create a successful business. |
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| Practice Tips: Put your office in order | ||
| By Mary Lacey-Gibson, CFP(r) November 1, 2005- Leaving an office at the end of the day with a clean desk and everything in its proper place is a goal many never seem to achieve. If piles of paper, boxes on the floor, unopened mail precariously stacked on a table, file drawers ajar and overflowing wastebaskets seem all too familiar, you're not alone. Download PDF |
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