Family Communication

Has your spouse or a family member ever said  to you, “What do I do when you’re gone? Who do I call?…

Addressing conflict in the family is one of the first steps on the journey to family legacy. To succeed in navigating conflict,…

Sometimes we hear of those with wealth and it’s hard to imagine them making a mistake. But Simone Foxman of Bloomberg surveyed family…

Fair warning:  you’ll want to read to the end of this post for the punchline. I’ve always loved the stories of the…

Did you know that the average lifecycle of corporations is 12-15 years, whereas in the 1920s, the average lifecycle was 67 years? …

Can a family last 100 years? A few years ago, Inc. Magazine ran an article titled: “How to Build a Company that…

Exercise of poor character can’t be blamed on personality. I’ve been discussing the worst question to ask in family legacy discussions: Why…

In my last blog, I spoke about the single worst question in family legacy: Why can’t you be like me? Why is…

There’s one question that’s a killer when it comes to preserving family legacy. I’m not going to delay it. I’ll get right…

A September 2016 article in the Harvard Business Review notes that over 50% of high-net-worth families have not told their children about…

When I work with families with higher net worth, they often ask the same questions about how to handle their wealth. Their…

A recent article in Money magazine tells of the difficulty of holding on to wealth in the second generation. Stephen Lovell, a…