Leading Family Firms at IVEY
This week I attended a two-day program in London Ontario, at the fantastic Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre. The course was put on…
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Articles by Steve Legler on family business, family governance, succession, family wealth and the relationships that hold it all together.
How May I Sell You Today? #FAIL (2 of 2)
Last week we looked at selling versus helping, from Zig Ziglar’s viewpoint that you should just stop selling and start helping…
How May I Sell You Today? #FAIL (1 of 2)
Today I want to talk about the debate between selling and helping. There are some important distinctions that I will look at…
When does it end, anyway?
Since the end of January this year, I've launched myself into the field of family businesses by taking a course called the…
Solving Problems with Money
Money makes the world go around, they say. And it truly is a very important element in our lives, although sometimes it takes on…
Say Goodbye to Succession Planning
So many advisors spend so much time talking to their family business clients about the importance of succession planning. Many of…
Philanthropy for All Ages in Business Families
Last week the TV series “Breaking Bad” wrapped up with its final episode, which featured one brief scene that most people…
Cooking Meth is NOT a Good Family Business
Last week the TV series “Breaking Bad” wrapped up with its final episode, which featured one brief scene that most people…
Communication tastes so much better
My choice of theme this week was very easy, since gaps in communication show up quite often in my daily life. I've also noticed…
Help is NOT “On the Way”
Kramer: “I got a lot of things in the hopper, buddy”. Jerry: “I didn’t know you had a hopper”. Kramer: “Oh I got a hopper. A big…
Take My Advice: Don’t Take My Advice
I recently read the following quote from an article by Vinod Khosla, tweeted by Vala Afshar: "For entrepreneurs, the toughest…
Can You See the REAL Me?
When I started this blog about a year and a half ago, I explained my reasons in the following way: a family will only hire me to…
Teach Your Children Well
Today, I want to try to tie together a couple of themes that occurred to me this week. I began the week in London Ontario, where…
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