Plans Are Useless; Planning Is Indispensable
Every now and then, I hear an expression that hits me between…
November 15, 2019/by Steve LeglerWhen You’re Too Close to Help
It’s normal for people to want to help others with whom they’re…
November 8, 2019/by Steve LeglerSelected Notes from FFI’s 2019 Conference in Miami
Selected Notes from FFI’s 2019 Conference in Miami
I’ve…
November 1, 2019/by Steve LeglerI’ve…
Asking for Permission in a Family Business
The success of any multi-generational family business can usually…
October 25, 2019/by Steve LeglerRe-Calibrating (with) your Business Family
Family Business: Re-Calibrating (with) your Business Family
This…
October 18, 2019/by Steve LeglerThis…
When “Buying In” is > Being “Sold”
This week we've got another one of my "this" VERSUS "that”…
Untying Knotty Business Family Problems
There are lots of good metaphors that one can use to talk about…
October 4, 2019/by Steve LeglerOn Family Alignment and Family Alliances
I’ve written about Family Alignment a few times in this space,…
September 27, 2019/by Steve LeglerRecent Posts
- When Does Parenting End, and When Should It?
- What Will They Actually Carry Forward?
- From G1 to G4: How the Cockshott Family Built Innovair
- On Addition by Subtraction (Again)
- On Finding Fault and Laying Blame in a Family
- On Serving Families and Their Individual Human Members
- On Connection, Belonging and Learning in Families
- Coming Down from Yet Another Rocky Mountain High
- What Can Happen to a Pile of Family Wealth?
- Learning Life Lessons as a Family
- On the Challenges of Finding Purpose and Family Engagement
- The Many Simultaneous Transitions Happening in Families
- When Family Relationships Become Emotionally Expensive
- Who’s In, Who’s Out, and Who Decides?
- Where Are We Going? Follow Me!
- My Highlights from FEC’s Symposium 2026
