How High-Performing Owners Operate in a Down Market. Down markets have a way of exposing things. Not just weak balance sheets or overextended growth plans, but leadership habits that were quietly propped up by good conditions. When markets are strong, almost everyone looks competent. Demand covers mistakes. Growth hides inefficiencies. Momentum forgives poor decisions. In those environments, it’s hard to tell whether performance is coming from skill or simply from timing. A d
Most entrepreneurs waste weeks writing business plans that end up sitting in a drawer. Pages of goals, paragraphs of vision statements, endless bullet points that never get used. The truth is that most business owners do not need a 40-page binder. They need one page that forces clarity, cuts out the fluff, and answers the only questions that matter. If your plan cannot fit on one page, you will not use it. And if you do not use it, you are leading blind. Here are the five