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BLOG | UNCATEGORIZED
My ONE word to sum up 2021…
In the last twelve months, I have seen it all in the faces of my clients, my colleagues, and my team. I have felt it with my family, within myself, and my thoughts. While each group faced its unique challenges, there was a common need woven throughout it all for everyone this year. And that is my one word to sum up 2021 – belongingness.
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BLOG | FAMILY DYNAMICS / GOVERNANCE
Finding Happiness. Stop Looking Out There.
These last two years of the pandemic have not been easy on the human psyche. For many, our physical health...
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BLOG | STRATEGY
Life mimics business. Business mimics life.
There seems to be a false notion floating around – and we all buy into – that somehow we're going to get everything in order tomorrow...
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BLOG | FAMILY DYNAMICS / GOVERNANCE
How to avoid a break in the family & business bond
In working with many families and their businesses, I’ve found that every family has its own unique DNA, behaviors, values, and traditions. Yet, there is ONE theme that made all the families seem very similar...and that is the tension, angst, and, at times, a complete unwillingness to eat a meal together due to a lack of clarity around making business decisions for the family business. How do I help families clear the air of business-related issues so they can share a meal together as a family without tension, drama and strife? Governance and routine.
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BLOG | FAMILY DYNAMICS / GOVERNANCE
Not supposed to happen this way. Until it did.
It was a Sunday evening when I received the call. I heard my father’s voice, but the words were not registering. Utter disbelief and shock welled up inside me...
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BLOG | NEXT CHAPTER
How tied to the business is your identity?
Business owners picture this…you are walking through a crowd of unfamiliar faces, people you’ve never met before...
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BLOG | FAMILY DYNAMICS / GOVERNANCE
Fair does not ‘equal’ equal
This is one of the biggest problems in family business governance, where parents...
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