At Copper Beech Company, we believe that planning for the future helps create the future you want.We have years of practical experience helping businesses grow and succeed. We’ve also experienced the inevitable pitfalls of the business world and have become masters at navigating choppy waters. Here is a collection of helpful insights that may shed some light on your daily practices.
Some Helpful Insights
My first business was a thriving public accounting office, built over 5 years. A young friend of mine was struggling to pass his final exams to qualify as a chartered… Picture if you will: a woman, working in a stainless-steel kitchen, working with butter, infusing it with herbs and packaging it in small, stylish packages for sale in specialty stores… As the cabin attendant came toward our seats a thought came unbidden to me. Who is she? What is her story? What are her dreams and aspirations? I tried to… Some years ago I was watching a film about a photographer from National Geographic. The program was about how he did his work, he selected the shot through his viewfinder,… Every November I give special thought to my parents. Both, in their own way, fought the Nazis in the Second World War; my father as a bomber pilot in the… I have found myself wondering, in recent weeks, what my thought process would be if I was an executive in the sports complex at Penn State University, when emails about… Shortly before my father died, at the age of 80, I asked him why he and my mother had decided to up-root the family and move with their four sons… My father told me you can’t have progress without friction. When I go to the trusty Thesaurus (that is only a click away when I am writing my blog) there… The Logo There is a story, quoted in James E Hughes “Family Wealth: Keeping It in the Family” that I like. Marshall Lyautey, was one of Napoleon’s greatest generals. General… I stood Saturday evening beside a Salvation Army Kettle in a big shopping center in Niagara. I was there as a volunteer from my Kiwanis Club to assist the Salvation…The Pause Opportunity
The Twilight Zone of Our Bureaucracy
The Importance of Celebrating
Year End Thoughts
Remembrance with Thanks and Legacies
Winning it’s not everything, it’s the only thing?
Investing in the Family.
The Need for Conflict
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Philanthropy – a starting place for family meetings
