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A Holistic Approach to Family Business

By 1st Principle Group / December 22, 2023 /

A family businesses can be a source of great joy, but may also have complexities that require outside help. In this blog post, we dive into our process for coming alongside family businesses to heal what needs to be healed and grow what needs to be grown.

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Incumbent and Successor Leadership Styles

By 1st Principle Group / December 21, 2023 /

For many family business, the leadership styles of the current leader and the successor can be quite different. In this blog post, we discuss the leadership styles, priority, and values of incumbents and successors.

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Making Scripture the Standard of Truth in Your Business

By Ryan Bailey / November 15, 2023 /

Because God created business, Christian business leaders must keep the Bible as their standard of truth to make wise decisions, withstand pressure to compromise their ethics, and successfully navigate relational conflict. In this post, we look at 5 practical ways you can make Scripture the standard of truth in your business.

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Preparing Your Successor, Part 3: Tips 4-5

By Ryan Bailey / November 8, 2023 /

In this blog post series we explain 5 different tips you can use to prepare your family business successor. Here we look at 2 tips for preparing the people in your company for succession.

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Acing a Behavioral Interview with a SOAR/STAR Document

By Ryan Bailey / May 6, 2020 /

“Tell me about a time when you dealt with conflict.” “How would you handle an upset customer?” “What role do you normally take in your team?” If you’ve ever received a non-technical interview, you might have prepared for questions like these.  Most interviewers use what’s called behavioral interviewing, a style of interview filled with questions…

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How to Talk to Your Children about Sex: When Children Become Teenagers

By Ryan Bailey / July 13, 2016 /

This past couple of months, we’ve discussed some critical tools to begin the conversation about sex with your children. I hope that you’ve begun to feel more comfortable and empowered to explore this topic with your child. More than anything, I hope you feel less alone in the matter. However, I recognize that there is…

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Exposing the Darkness

By Ryan Bailey / May 6, 2016 /

“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” -Mark Twain Do you remember that first moment someone you thought so highly of did something awful? The shock of your idol/sibling/parent/best friend doing something you know in your heart to be wrong? For me, one of the earliest instances…

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The Benefits of Milk Thistle on Your Liver

By Ryan Bailey / April 6, 2016 /

Have you noticed the increased interest in liver health these days? There are so many liver detox plans/diets. And of course there are many views about these detox plans. One of the greatest issues surrounding liver health is fatty liver disease. What is fatty liver disease and who has it? Simply stated, fatty liver disease…

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Why Chiropractic Care?

By Ryan Bailey / March 9, 2016 /

As I mentioned in my last blog, I had never planned on visiting a chiropractor. In fact, I had only heard negative things about chiropractic care. As a child, I remember hearing a doctor tell my mother that she was never, in any circumstance, to allow a chiropractor to touch her back.  It scared me. …

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