Preface

Introduction: No More 16-Hour Days

Part One: A Better Way to Run a Business

one. Is Your Business Running You?

two. Shifting to Professional Management

Part Two: Learning Professional Management

three. How You Lead

Leadership

four. Your Dream with a Plan

Strategy

five. Grow Your People, Grow Your Business

People Development

six. Aligning Your Business with Your Vision

Business Structure

seven. The Keys to Accountability

Performance Management

eight. Culture—the Engine Moving Your Business

Living Your Values

nine. The Gift That Keeps on Giving

An Effective Outside Board

Part Three: Living Professional Management

ten. The Business of the Family

eleven. Sustainability and Succession

Conclusion

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author

About Aileron