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A Checklist For Moving Your Business Into 2021 This has undoubtedly been a difficult year for most Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. You have been forced to embrace uncertainty more so than ever. There was no playbook to guide your actions and decisions in 2020. Give yourself a pat on the back for still being here after 9 months of tough times! ASE applauds you! You are truly heroes! •

To All Our Dear Subscribers, Clients and Friends… Our Team, the board members at Associated Senior Executives, want to send you some personal thoughts and hopes for the coming year, 2021… FLETCH KEATING: The first 6 months of Covid were all about disbelief, fear and uncertainty. I think that as we all reflect on what has happened, we realized that although Covid was certainly a worldwide disrupter and killer

Developing Vision, Mission and Core -Value Statements -November2020 Newsletter To inspire an organization and bind it together with purpose and direction, business managements have developed purpose statements. They may be labeled differently in different institutions, however in this letter we will continue to call them by their most traditional names: Vision, Mission, and Value Statements. Whatever they may be called, they continue to guide the behaviour of people in

Our Story – Adapting to Covid 19 and future of ASE Covid has permanently changed our modern world. The Challenge is how do we, in business, react and change our own methods, habits, and activities to keep a sane, healthy, and financially solid life! In the short term, we were forced to focus on something very new and adapt immediately to a new set of social rules that have

Considering Your Business’ Exit Strategy Over time you have nurtured your business like a parent nurtures a baby. It is your life’s work and may even be your identity. How do you sell it and get others to see its value? This is a tough transition and sometimes a rude realization. Preparing to sell a business is a long term proposition. It can take up to three years. The

GETTING TO SUCCESS Over the years we have written about all of the below in one way or another: the importance of using tools in getting to a successful business and knocking it out of the park! It doesn’t matter what business you are in, most, if not all of the following are best stepping stones to that goal for success. Keep these points front of mind! Truly listen

Salary versus Dividends: How should you pay yourself? We, at Associated Senior Executive, often have clients ask whether they should take their wages as a salary or dividends. As a business owner of an incorporated business, you can derive your income from either salary or dividends or from both. What are the differences between dividend or salary income and what is best for you? This is a simplified newsletter

‘WHAT WILL BE THE NEW REALITY?’ In this Covid -19 environment we are sure we have all have talked about what will be the ‘new normal’ [over Zoom no doubt]. No one of us can predict or assume what the new reality will be but, for certain, there will be a new reality. For business owners, how did you fare? Was your business at all open? If yes, how