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Is It Time To Let Your “Baby” Go? Transitioning to Retirement

Second Wind
1/18/2023

You’ve nurtured, fed, hovered over, and perhaps spent every ...

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Trust Your People

Second Wind
1/11/2023

A number of years ago, there was a very interesting ...

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Take Time to Think

Why Ad Agency Leaders Need to Take Think Time

Second Wind
11/2/2022

Think of your brain as a muscle. Regular exercise keeps ...

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Who Will Buy Your Agency?

Second Wind
10/13/2022

Many agency principals have the notion that when they wish ...

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Balancing Act

Second Wind
10/11/2022

This is a stressful business. We love it (or, one ...

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Creating a Five-Year Exit Plan: Part 1

Second Wind
9/20/2022

Editor’s note: Recently a number of agency principals have ...

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Another Recession? How to Prepare for Hard Times

The "R-Word"

Jack Henke
8/2/2022

Recession. Many Second Wind members vividly remember “The Great Recession ...

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Six Things Successful Agencies Do To Grow

Second Wind
6/7/2022

Over our long career in this business, we have learned ...

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What the Most Successful Agencies Do Every Day

Second Wind
3/24/2022

Over the years, we've had many conversations with agency ...

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How’s Your Leadership Growing?

Second Wind
3/11/2022

It is a well-established fact that agencies with better leadership ...

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Business Owner Seeks Partner, Heir…

Second Wind
2/8/2022

Succession planning is a bit like a lonely-hearts ad. We ...

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Your Employees Can Buy You Out, Even If They Have No Money

Second Wind
1/26/2022

Recently, we worked with an agency president on his retirement ...

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Agency Stress Test

Second Wind
1/10/2022

Let''s be honest, the past two years have been ...

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Let’s Start the New Year Right

Second Wind
1/7/2022

Agency business planning is something we at Second Wind talk ...

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Planning to Meet Next Year's Challenges

Planning to Meet This Year's Challenges

Second Wind
1/3/2022

Another year came racing to a close. It’s time ...

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New Year’s Resolutions… or Mere Wishes?

Beth James
12/30/2021

I had an interesting, and inspiring, discussion while dining with ...

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Seven Essential Strategies for Your Agency in the New Year

Second Wind
12/27/2021

Another year has come and gone: now it’s time ...

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Growing an Agency All Comes Down to This…

Second Wind
12/22/2021

A number of years ago, AdAge ran a great article ...

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