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by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Family Business, Generations
Have you ever been told by your boss that you’re not allowed to wait on customers because, “You don’t have enough sense!”? Many careers begin slowly. “Why should I pay you to learn the business?” was the mantra at one man’s...
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by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Family Business
The Las Vegas furniture market is filled with great product introductions and a record number of retailers looking to fend off the summer blues. I was nicely surprised to NOT hear people complaining about how difficult business is. While it is clear things are tough,...
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by David Lively | About Retail, Blog, Communication, Personality Type
For the first half of our life, passages are fairly easily marked. We go to school, get a job, find a mate, raise a family and contribute to our community. But a strange thing happens on the way to the finish line. The built in “life detector” begins to...
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by David Lively | Blog, Generations
What is culture? How does it play out in family business? A culture can be defined by four foundational stones. They are artifacts, perspectives, values, and assumptions (Schein 1985, Dyer 1986) and on these, researchers agree. I’m wondering how you may view...
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by David Lively | Blog, Personality Type
In a previous post I wrote about the archetypes of personality. These archetypes seem to have been imprinted within each of us. To me the key to understanding is to realize at any giving time we may be acting in the father, or hero, or faithful family dog role. Our...
