By G. A. Finch Although we all have an expiration date on this earth, most of us do not like to contemplate our deaths. Consequently, many people do not have their personal affairs in order at the time of either their disability or death. This neglect of one’s medical, legal and financial affairs can wreak… Read More PERSONAL LEGAL PREPARATIONS IN A TIME OF CRISIS
By G. A. Finch Have you ever set personal business, career or self-improvement goals, and you look up weeks and sometimes months later not having made progress on them? You realize that you have been distracted and diverted by other challenges and tasks and your goals are in the doldrums. Career, family and extracurricular demands… Read More RECIPROCAL COACHING
Unit Appreciation Rights are the limited liability company’s version of Stock Appreciation Rights, an equity based incentive plan.… Read More POWER WORD PLAY (A Term, Word, or Concept an Executive Ought to Know): UNIT APPRECIATION RIGHTS
BY G. A. FINCH My mother, Louise Antoinette Finch, passed away last month just two and half months shy of her 100th birthday. She is survived by all six of her sons and one daughter. As an older brother gave a eulogy and the priest gave a homily about my mother and what she represented… Read More FIVE SUCCESS LESSONS FROM MOM
Executives and professionals must write well to be perceived well.… Read More EXECUTIVE WRITING
Executives’ recognition and appreciation of employees as a best practice.… Read More EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION AS GOOD BUSINESS
Executives should resurrect the dying art of writing notes to people.… Read More THANK YOU NOTES AND OTHER MISSIVES
By G. A. FINCH I serve on an advisory board of a small company and the president of this company asked me to attend her inauguration as a member of the second cohort class for Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses in Chicago. This is an initiative driven by Goldman Sachs and its local partner, City… Read More THE AGE OF ENTREPRENEURS – IT’S NOT WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT
This week my eleven-year old daughter was on spring break and accompanied me to my law offices for two days. She was my new “associate.” On the second day, she went with me to a luncheon board meeting at The John Marshall Law School. The fact that there would be food and she could still… Read More CLUBS, BOARDS AND CHICKEN SOUP
One must make the effort to be there for people.… Read More BEING THERE
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