A Pitcher, a Golfer, and a Baby Bird
A Pitcher, a Golfer, and a Baby Bird. Whenever I hear a really good analogy, something in my brain gets triggered, and I want to…
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5 Things you Need to Know: Family Vision
5 Things you Need to Know: Family Vision. A few weeks ago in “Family Business: How Do Values Fit In?” I touched on the idea of a…
“Yellow Light Family” – Proceed with Caution
“Yellow Light Family” – Proceed with Caution. Last week’s post (Happy to Be Wrong on FEX) talked about the great symposium I…
Happy to Be Wrong on FEX
Happy to Be Wrong on FEX. Last week I had the pleasure of taking part in the inaugural FEX Symposium in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It…
Family Business: How do Values Fit In?
Business people often have a tendency to concentrate so much on their day-to-day business that they end up losing sight of some…
5 Things you Need to Know: Family Meetings
This week we are back to the “5 Things you Need to Know” format, and our subject comes via an emailed question. An overseas…
Start cleaning up your M.E.S.S.
Procrastinating is a topic that gets lots of attention, because people blame their problems on an inability to get moving to get…
Who Gets to Decide? (Part 1 of 2)
Last weekend at the Bowen Center spring conference there was plenty of food for thought, as expected, as we talked about family…
Is Your Family “In Line”, or Aligned?
The subject of family alignment is near and dear to my heart, and it has been for a few years now, probably since I first heard…
Pruning the FamBiz Ownership Tree
Family businesses come to life in different ways, but their ownership structure usually starts out pretty simple. With the coming…
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