This Week in Business Strategies

This week's roundup discusses how trusting family can hurt the family business, and ditching to-do lists for a new alternative. 

Aug. 2, 2021—To better assist shop owners with their business-building tactics Ratchet+Wrench has compiled a short list of essential leadership material from some of its favorite sources. Here's a look at a few must-read articles from the past week.

Forget the To-Do List. Here's What You Should Create InsteadInc. 

The problem lies in the to-do list itself.

Three Reasons Why It's Never Too Early to Invest in HREntrepreneur

Many startups and small businesses view human resources as an unavoidable cost center rather than a strategic contributor to their success.

When Trusting Your Family Hurts Your Family BusinessHarvard Business Review  

The performance of family-managed firms is mixed. To understand the drivers of variation, the authors conducted a meta-analysis of 204 studies covering 3.8 million firms.

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