One of the most useful things a business leader can discover is how much they still have to learn. Experience gives us confidence. We become familiar with our customers, our products and the daily demands of running the business. Over time, it is easy to assume that this familiarity gives us a complete understanding of what the business needs. Sometimes the gaps only become apparent when someone asks a question we have never considered. I have mentored a number of business le

When you have spent years building a business, it is easy to assume that the opportunity to leave will present itself when the time is right. Someone will make an approach. The right person will step forward. The timing will somehow fall into place. Perhaps it will. But I would be uncomfortable leaving something so important to chance. An exit deserves the same thought and preparation that went into building the business. Leave it too late and you may find that your choices h