People ask me all the time, "John, what are you seeing out there?" It's a fair question. Every month I sit across the table from the 40+ members of my TAB Jersey Shore North community, business owners in Monmouth, Ocean and southern Middlesex Counties. They run spas,...
When you first built your company, gut instinct was your best tool. It helped you make those first tough hires, take calculated financial risks, and push through early uncertainty. That intuition proved your model worked and brought you to where you are today. But as...
Every autumn, I see business owners fall into the exact same trap. September rolls around, the calendar starts creeping toward the end of the year, and everyone prepares for the classic "Q4 Sprint." You gather the team, look at your year-end targets, and tell...
I spent over two decades in corporate America, at one point managing teams of up to 25 people. I handled high-stakes initiatives, navigated complex organizational dynamics, and held accountability for major deliverables. And during that entire 20-plus year run, do you...
I’ve never liked the phrase "work-life balance." It evokes this image of a tightrope walker, desperately trying to keep a long pole perfectly level while the wind blows from every direction. One slight misstep, and the whole thing comes crashing down. As a business...
Every business owner I know has a strategy. We map out the vision, look at the numbers, and make big choices about where we want the company to go. But a funny thing happens between the strategy session and reality: execution gets messy. Strategy is just about making...
In my years of coaching and consulting with business owners across the Jersey Shore, I’ve seen two distinct types of leaders. There’s the owner who has a "good" business. Things are steady, the bills are paid, and they’ve achieved a level of success most people would...
I usually use this space to share strategies on growth, leadership, and industry trends. But this month, the lesson I’m sharing is more personal. I recently lost my dog, Rhody, after nearly 14 years. He was my first dog, my constant navigator on cross-country moves,...
I work with business owners all day, every day, and I see the same pattern repeating itself - the total failure in the "hand-off." It usually looks like one of three things: the owner never picks a successor at all, they wait until they’re burnt out to start looking,...
In my board meetings at The Alternative Board, we usually focus on the "how" of business. We talk about scaling, cash flow, and operational hurdles. My members come from every political background but they all share one thing: they care deeply about their companies...
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