Platinum Group’s Dale Kurschner has launched a weekly CEO interview program called “One Take” – a continuous, unscripted dialogue with no edits, recorded from each CEO’s home via Zoom. In each 10- to 20-minute interview, Dale asks one CEO to provide his or her take on how best to deal with the most pressing business and economic issues of the day, COVID-19. The first “One […]
By Randy Kroll, Partner Leadership is critical during this COVID-19 inflection point. Decisions must be made quickly. Communications must happen in rapid pace. Information must be filtered hourly. Here are three critical actions that Platinum Group suggests to help guide business and organizational leaders in these times: Be Strategic — We know from past experiences that inflection points in life and business create stress, but […]
How Platinum provided long-term guidance that paid off for family and investors
How Platinum preserved a legacy and created new opportunities out of an outdated family business
Platinum Group will co-sponsor a one-hour panel discussion on family business transition with Fredrickson & Byron P.A. on Thursday, June 4 at 3:30 p.m. (Central). The free, online webinar is the last of a three-part series on understanding a systems approach to leadership transitions, presented by the Family Business Advisory Group. Platinum’s Tom Hubler will moderate the discussion about changes in a succession plan between […]
Business owners have spent their lives chasing dreams, building companies, and taking care of employees and their families. But the reality is coming for everyone that aging is more complicated and expensive than ever imagined. The most recent Transition Breakfast addressed “The Challenges and Opportunities of Aging,” presented by Platinum Group’s Executive Consultant Laurie Knutson. In addition to consulting with business owners on leadership, marketing […]
By Greg Backlund, Executive Consultant, Operations Improvement An interesting way to consider business issues is to compare the economy to living ecosystems. Millions of years of survival testing provides a lot of success and failure examples! The current Covid disruption is likely to be a major ’extinction event’ for many businesses – unfortunately, probably, many businesses will go bankrupt or have to drastically restructure. In […]
How Platinum helped an entrepreneur raise funds to manufacture newly patented products
“Positive Family Business Leadership and FAQs in the Time of COVID-19” was a recent webinar hosted by Platinum Group and Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. on the following topics: Stakeholder and family communications Sustaining positive leadership Envisioning a new normal Keeping up employee morale during the crisis Maintaining family values and goals during the crisis Platinum panel members included Tom Hubler, Bob Stewart and Steve Coleman. […]
By Bill English, Partner I’ve met my fair share of business owners who are skeptical of lawyers, bankers, accountants and/or financial planners. I’ve known some who give some information to one advisor and other information to another advisor but never give the full story to any single advisor. Others view advisors as necessary evils – skills that one might need once in a while but […]