Common Mistakes Made in Succession Planning

Common Mistakes Made in Succession Planning Succession Planning sounds simple, but in all reality it needs to be a well thought out process. It is a once in a lifetime event that, in most cases, represents the largest asset of most funeral home owners. Here are some...

2015 Excellence in Customer Service

Phoenix, AZ – Jake Johnson, President of Johnson Consulting Group (JCG), the death care industry’s premier Total Solutions Consulting Firm announced its winners of the “JCG 2015 Excellence in Customer Service Awards.” The Awards were presented to JCG client...

Michael Meierhoffer says:

Tom/Jake et al: Wish to commend you and your entire organization for another great Summit. As usual, it was right on point with our industry and the constant change we find ourselves facing every day. We, like many, have been around for long time. A long time and a...

Peter Teahen says:

Tom and Jake, Just a short note of thanks for hosting the Summit and providing an excellent forum to discuss issues key to those of us in funeral service. As a new client of JCG, I look forward to using the services of JCG to better position our firm financially while...

Rick Allnutt says:

Jake, we just had our first strategic plan check-in with Al. Although we are only 90 days into our process I am extremely pleased with the whole experience. Our whole company is All In and Engaged! Accountability like I’ve never seen before!...

Preparing for a Successful Future

Businesses are not static but evolve over time. This evolution may lead to growth, but it may also cause the business to decline. A business’ life cycle is usually portrayed as a bell-shaped curve, where the stages follow one another in an orderly fashion, which is...

Email Newsletter – January, 2016

Welcome Back and Happy New Year! With a new year comes new goals, initiatives and updates and the need for a detailed strategic plan. At Johnson Consulting we recently completed our own internal strategic plan and subsequently updated our mission statement based on...

Strategic Planning as Seen in The Director

Strategic Planning by Johnson Consulting It has been said that if you don’t know what outcome you are looking for, then the path you choose is not important. How do we plan for all the things we want to do at a funeral business? How do we continuously improve our...

B Nelson of Michigan says:

I recently contracted with the Johnson Consulting Group to do an appraisal of our funeral home business. Our local contact person with the group was Dale Espich and the home office consultant was Lisa Elliott. I was pleasantly surprised and impressed with the process...