Resources for Family and Non-Family Businesses

John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group

The Real AI Issue for SMBs is Trust

Will the people inside and outside your business trust how you use AI?

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John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group

The Cost of Doing Nothing in a Family Business

Doing nothing has a cost. Learn how delay affects competitiveness, efficiency, security, and long term value in your family business.

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John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group

AI Your Business Can Steer

Where can AI help us without taking us out of the driver’s seat?

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John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group

Managing Uninsurable Business Risk in a Family Business

Learn how family businesses can manage uninsurable risk through stronger strategy, better processes, and a culture built for long term success.

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John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group

The Quiet Erosion of Teamwork in the Age of AI

For decades, leadership experts have repeated a simple truth: business is a team sport. Organizations succeed not because individuals produce brilliant work in isolation, but because groups of people learn to integrate ideas, challenge one another, and ultimately align around a decision.

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John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group

What the Marines Teach Us About Unity in Business

Inspired by a Marine’s reflection on unity, John P. Foster explores how businesses can achieve battlefield-level cohesion through shared purpose and aligned behaviors. A must-read for leaders focused on culture and performance.

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John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group

How to Build a Strong Corporate Culture That Drives Business Success

In today’s competitive business landscape, it’s not enough to focus on strategy alone. Corporate culture—those underlying behaviors, attitudes, and values that guide how a company operates—plays an equally vital role in determining long-term success.

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John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group

Why Company Culture Is Your #1 Long‑Term Advantage

Family and non-family businesses alike have much to gain by expanding their focus on developing a culture that is aligned with their mission. Just ask these folks what it’s meant to them.

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John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group

10 Key Strategies for Family Business Success and Exit Planning

Every year we make commitments both personally and professionally. We commit to developing our strategic plan, establishing a board of advisors or some other important issue to our family business. Consider this countdown to success for this new year and get to work!

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John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group John P. Foster, MBA, CBEC | Managing Member, Pathfinder Group

Performance and Culture are Linked

Want better financial results? Think culture! As a leader, identify the behaviors, (CLUE: there are between 25 and 40 of them) that are critical to the success of your company. Define them, create rituals around them and develop them into habits. Recruit them and fire those who don’t embrace them!

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