For many years, JKL Associates has been honored to work with many business owners during their transition from building to selling and into their next phase of life. Each one has been unique to the owner’s situation. Each one has had some pleasant surprises, and every one has had some bumps in the path to getting the deal done.
It is fascinating to look at the dollars spent on outbound marketing to attract customers, only to have the organization fail to deliver on the relationship the prospective customer was looking for. One would think that investing dollars into attracting customers would immediately be followed by delivering excellent customer service.
Your financials for the first half of the calendar year 2025 should be generally ready for a good review by now. The plans architected last fall have been implemented, and the results of those initiatives should be showing signs of contribution or not. As leaders, we take some time at the beginning of each year to roll out the plan. We also take time in late fall to review the progress, so plans for the subsequent year begin to be shaped accordingly. Sometimes we skip the quarterly or semi-annual reviews, based on the gut feeling that things are going as planned.
As the business’s primary leader and decision maker, the buck ultimately stops with you. You are the one who gets to make the final decision once you have collected input from the various sources that can or should contribute insights before a decision or action is made. You get applause when the decision goes well and sneers when it does not go as planned. You have made big decisions, and if you have been around a while, then you can definitely relate to the good times and the not so great times.
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