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August 30, 2010

Why Amish Businesses Thrive

Statistically, Amish businesses have a survival rate that is almost double other American businesses. Erik Wesner decided to find out why. After years of research and interviews, he has gathered together in Success Made Simple a number of transferrable lessons on operating a business. I think it is a critical insight to their success that they don’t get the cart before the horse. Wesner writes, “Amish tend to keep in mind that business is first a means to realize core values, ones which don’t usually come to mind when thinking ‘business prosperity.’”

Jonas Lapp (not his real name) is an Amish homebuilder. Wesner says that “Jonas loves what he does. But you can see that it’s less the actual construction of homes or the financial payoff that drive him. Instead, it’s the chance to be a father figure to an employee who never had one, to form a friendship with a ‘customer’ who in the end never even does business with him, to do his small part to strengthen ties in his community.”

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Where Are Your Future Leaders?

According to a survey by OI Partners, a leading global career transition and executive coaching firm:

54% of companies in the survey said they do not have enough qualified successors now working for them to succeed their executives and managers

Only 32% of companies report currently having enough management successors in place

4% of companies are not sure whether they have enough future leaders already in their organizations

SOURCE: OI Partners Survey (2009)

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