Business Tips by Chris Reich
Tips from growing a business to dealing with disputes
When Business Partners Disagree
5 Steps to take when business partners disagree. These steps work and could save your business. Step 1: Ask Yourself if this is Worth a Disagreement?
8 Tips for Better Communication in Your Business Partnership
Use these 8 tips to talk with your business partner. Most partnership issues are rooted in communication problems. Most problems can be solved if partners…
Being Too Positive Can Sink Your PartnerSHIP
We must always balance being too negative or too positive and make certain we are being realistic. Furthermore, we need to be careful that we convey that reality to others.
Have Chris Reich of TeachU Help Create Your Perfect Partnership Agreement
I am a business partnership mediator. Every day partners come to me to help settle disputes or to reduce tension. I always recommend a Partnership Agreement.
How to Determine the Value of Your Business
There is much to consider when setting the value of a business. Talk with a 100 experts and you’ll get 100 different valuations. These methods should help.
Before You Need Mediation, Get Moderation
Before the tension is extreme, I serve as moderator rather than mediator. By having meetings with a neutral third party, your issues can be resolved.
The Most Important Step to Fix a Business Partnership
At the heart of most business partnership problems are 2 little bugs that infect the relationship. Those bugs are communication problems and lack of respect. These feed each other. As communication breaks down, so does respect. The cycle accelerates the deterioration of the relationship.
3 Things to Do If Your Business Partner Doesn’t Support You in Front of Employees
When business partners send conflicting signals to employees, it’s a sign that the partnership is breaking down. Follow these 3 steps.
I Put in Money and He Worked for Free
I get a lot of calls about the subject of dividing the percentages of ownership when the contributions are not perceived as being equal. Squabbles over equity also bleed into other issues such as control of the business and, in some cases, whether the partner who put in cash has a “right” to dismiss the partner who contributed work.
How to Fix Problems in a Family Business Partnership
I deal with family business problems all the time. Frankly, they are by far the hardest to resolve.
Chris Reich Now Offers Optional Binding Mediation Services
You asked for it so I’m offering binding mediation under specific terms. Before we get to those terms, let me explain binding mediation.
Business Partners Must Agree to Agree
If you make an agreement with your business partner that you will ALWAYS reach agreement on ANY business item that comes up, no matter how strongly you both feel and no matter how far apart on an issue, your partnership will thrive.
Can You Get Rid of Your Business Partner?
In order to remove a partner you’ll need to take legal action and then you must prove your case in court.
Are You Looking for a Mediator In…?
You don’t need someone in your town with years of experience, a successful methodology, and great rates when you can call me in as your business mediator!
Lying to Your Mediator
If parties to mediation aren’t honest with the mediator, it makes for a crippled process. When outright deception is practiced, the mediator could be forced to walk away from trying to help.
Protect Your Business from Recession by Fixing Your Partnership
Business Partnership Advisor Together, we can fix your business and partnership problems Chris Reich, Business Luminary Email of the week: Chris, there's a lot of tension in our partnership. I'm worried about recessionand think we should be careful about spending. My...
Problems with Your Business Partner? Talk!
You better believe talk is cheap. It’s a lot cheaper than paying a lawyer or having your partnership fall apart.
Business Partnership: Where is the Love?
Telling your partner that you appreciate their contribution is part of being a good business partner.