Striving for the “All AND Nothing” Inheritance
Striving for the “All AND Nothing” Inheritance So Much Better Than “All OR Nothing” I’ve written around 500 blogs over the past…
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How to Build a Family Dynasty
. Five Key Considerations. Once a family has accumulated a good deal of financial wealth, at some point, it becomes wise for them…
Contrasting Transition Timelines: 15 minutes or 10 Years
Based on a True Story. When you spend a lot of time in the wonderful world of family enterprises, you hear all sorts of stories…
Balancing Governance and Culture in Family Enterprise
Developing the Leadership to Find the Right Mix. Colleagues sometimes ask me what it’s like to write a weekly blog post…
Consensus Decisions for Families – 2 Basic Elements
How Are We Going to Make Decisions Together? In this space we talk a lot about family governance, which I know is a term that…
Sibling Partnerships: Good, Bad, or Ugly
Examples of Each Type Abound. Anyone who has spent any time in the family enterprise world has surely encountered a variety of…
Discovery, Contracting, and Designing Alliances with Families
Nice to Meet You; Let’s Start Working Together. Working with business families and their members is always interesting and rarely…
Skills vs. Knowledge in Family Enterprises
Knowing “What to Do” Isn’t Enough. This week’s subject deals with some issues faced by every business, but we’ll be looking at…
Making Family Decisions: for Me, for Us, for Them
Who Are the Decisions Really FOR? This week we’re delving into something that will hopefully hit close to home for some readers…
Getting Legal Advice for your FamBiz vs. Lawyering Up
Plenty of Subtle Yet Important Differences. Working with members of business families often means crossing paths with other…
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