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The Day I Sold My Legacy to the Highest Bidder: 5 lessons I wish I had learned before I signed

The Secret to a Higher Valuation Is Already Inside Your Agency

One of the most common things I hear from home care owners who are thinking about their next chapter is this: “I have built something good — but I can’t get out from under it.” That is rarely a revenue problem. It is a dependence problem . And dependence is almost always a culture problem . A few years ago, while coaching home care entrepreneurs, I introduced the ARCC of Growth — Autonomy, Relatedness, Capability, and Confidence  — rooted in Positive Psychology and inspired b

Selling your agency to the wrong buyer is just a failed partnership by another name.

The Power of Purposeful Partnership: Why We're Building Riverside Together

Your Agency Should Be Built to Sell—Even If You Never Do Here's what I've learned from years of coaching home care owners and now from my own journey: The best agencies aren't built to be sold. They're built sellable.

Called to Care: How EntreGrit Multiplies Retention, Performance, and Growth

Most owners don’t set out to build a complicated business. But over time, complexity creeps in like a slow-moving fog:  • Decisions must flow through you  • Processes live inside someone’s head  • Tools multiply instead of consolidate  • Tasks get reinvented because nothing is documented  • Everyone is busy, but few things move forward  • You’re drowning in details instead of leading  This isn’t a growth problem. It’s a Back Stage problem. 

The Broadway Secret Every Home Care Owner Needs to Know

Building a Sellable Home Care Agency Starts with Cultural Alignment

If you’re a home care owner who’s ever thought about selling your agency “someday,” here’s the truth: Your business must always be sellable, even if you’re not selling today.   A sellable agency operates at higher levels—it’s organized, scalable, and led with clarity. It’s the kind of business that gives you freedom now and future options later.  EntreClarity: The Foundation  In my bestselling book “EntreThrive,” I call this first entrepreneurial law EntreClarity—the foundati

On Day 2 of our 8-day cycling journey through the French Alps, I found myself riding up the legendary Cormet De Roselend—alone.  That...

Picture this: It's 9 PM on a Tuesday. You're still answering emails about staffing schedules while your family watches a movie without...

In his book  The Dip , Seth Godin makes a powerful distinction every leader should know: the difference between a  dip  and a  dead end....

In traditional sales, urgency often wins. But in home care, urgency without trust can backfire. Families are navigating complex...

When I first started my first home care agency in 2002, I was 29-years old and quite naïve in the ways of creating a purpose driven...

Have you ever heard of “bonking” in cycling? It’s when your energy completely crashes. Your legs stop cooperating, your vision blurs, and...

Last week in Nashville, something special happened.  Home care leaders from around the country gathered for a 3-day Breakaway365...

Let me ask you a question. Are you sick of swimming in that bloody Red Ocean where every home care agency is fighting over the same...

I’m honored to be one of the opening speakers at the upcoming Home Care Association of New York State (HCANYS) conference (April 30th) on...