This summer Admiral Road will host a summit. For only the second time in the history of the company we’ll invite some respected thinkers to meet with us and delve into complicated issues. There will be refreshments and laughs, but there will also be the need for diplomacy, tact and problem-solving. And hopefully we’ll walk away with some great conclusions and action plans. That’s right, this summer we’re having the husband summit.
Would you believe that only once before in the last 10 years have we formally asked for the input of our husbands? While our husbands know what’s generally going on in our business, we typically present our plans in a ‘in case you were wondering’ way rather than a ‘what would you think of?’ way. We know lots of entrepreneurial gals who have husbands who are de facto business partners to them. They rely on their guys to bounce ideas off and generally be another voice of reason. We’ve found though, that having a business partner means that very often your life partner is a lot less involved in the business. We’ve got each other to think things through – to discuss and debate and to work through problems and plans. If we get stumped we also have smart friends and mentors who are enormously helpful.
But every now and then we remember that we live with a couple of the smartest business people we know – and we’d be just crazy not to take advantage of their considerable brain power too. Who knows, if this husband summit goes well maybe we’ll make it an annual thing.
What about you? How much do you think your spouse should be involved in the business?
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