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Blackwood presenting in the ABFI Terry Hay Leadership Series.
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Heather Isidoro
Jul 5
Trust the Process.
Lisa's Cefali's 12 week journey to the boxing ring, and believing in the family advisory process.
Heather Isidoro
Jun 20
Blackwood at the 2024 FEC Symposium
Learn about how Blackwood contributes to Family Enterprise Canada
Heather Isidoro
Jun 11
Blackwood Family Enterprise Services Advisory Expansion
Blackwood Family Enterprise Services, a family enterprise advisory services leader, is proud to announce the addition of three Senior...
Jennifer O'Connor
May 11, 2021
A Contemplation on Family Enterprises and Their Moms
In a family enterprise, even when mothers are not directly involved in the operation of the business, their leadership is powerful. Much...
Chelsea McKee-Trenchard
Apr 13, 2021
The Language of Appreciation
After a frustrating workday, I came home and described to my partner an encounter I had. “It’s like he’s saying ‘yadda, yadda’ and I’m...
Patrick O'Connor
Feb 9, 2021
Clarifying What Estate Documents You Need
There are countless horror stories out there from families who experienced the death of a loved one only to have that pain compounded by...
Team Blackwood
Feb 9, 2021
Green Box Exercise
The “Green Box” is really a metaphor for a designated place to keep all your important planning documents so that people then know where...
Chelsea McKee-Trenchard
Feb 9, 2021
Get SMART-er with your New Year’s Resolution
Full disclosure, I have never seen Field of Dreams, but I know the signature line “build it and they will come”. I’ve been thinking about...
Team Blackwood
Feb 9, 2021
Genograms – What Are They?
At Blackwood, we utilize a tool called a genogram to help us understand the relationships and connections in each client family....
Team Blackwood
Jan 13, 2021
Big Rocks Exercise Worksheet
Imagine you had to fill an empty jar with rocks, gravel, and sand. There are many ways you could approach this with varying levels of...
Team Blackwood
Dec 9, 2020
The Gratitude Exercise
Gratitude has many positive effects that last far beyond the moment when you say, ‘thank you.’ According to research done by Harvard...
Jennifer O'Connor
Dec 9, 2020
The Power of Board Games
Co-authored with Caitilin O'Connor The O’Connor family has always loved a good board game. During the pandemic, we find ourselves dusting...
Chelsea McKee-Trenchard
Sep 2, 2020
Making Your Workplace Women Friendly
Last year, Caroline Criado Perez released her debut non-fiction book, Invisible Women (2019), in which she revealed gender bias data and...
Chelsea McKee-Trenchard
Aug 5, 2020
Do You Know Your Partner's Love Language?
There’s a funny joke that says 90% of being married is just shouting, ‘What?!’ from other rooms. While that’s funny, and perhaps slightly...
Patrick O'Connor
Mar 24, 2020
Playing by the Rules
When I was a kid, my siblings and I would play Monopoly for hours barely knowing the rules. We had some vague understanding of the game,...
Chelsea McKee-Trenchard
Jan 4, 2020
A Family on a Mission
In some ways, a family is like a small company with everyone working together to create a positive culture and support successful family...
Chelsea McKee-Trenchard
Dec 5, 2019
Navigate Relationship Conflict With These Great Habits
When I was in my early twenties, I was attending university and still living at home. One day, my mother and I got into a screaming match...
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