Here's what I see happening in most service businesses: you spend half a day locked in a conference room with your team, filling out a SWOT analysis template, and then file it away, never to be looked at again. According to recent research from the Strategic...

Most business owners have a silent partner. And not the good kind. Not a mentor. Not a co-founder. Not someone who’s helped you scale. This partner only shows up once a year and demands 37 percent of your profit. Offers no advice. Does no work. Yet he walks away with...