Henry's Web Log

After writing several military buddies for their best practices and advice, I have filled up my schedule with appointments.
I spoke to John Phillips, a good friend, military reservist, entrepreneur, and Iraqi veteran. He runs Premier Transfer & Storage, a very well run moving company. With John, I firmed up plans for how ACI would run in my absence, and the key points for a year-long deployment.
Today there was a meeting with our attorney to revise our wills, estate plan, advance medical directive, power of attorney and generally discuss how to run the business from afar, as well as key items for Lisa to watch out for. Then a similar meeting with our external business accountant, Chip.
Most Army buddies have told me that the US footprint in Iraq has improved to the point that just about everything you need is there-- you just replace your predecessor and after a week or two train-up, you're full speed ahead.
Next week, I'll announce the deployment and our business continuity plan to ACI's leadership staff, and follow that up with an employee meeting to explain what's going to happen, that everything will continue as usual, and maybe they'll even get things done a little better without me!