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This is the fourth and final article in our series on helping the next generation of family business leaders find their voices and encouraging founders to learn to hear them.

This is the third in a four-part series on helping the next generation of family business leaders find their voices and helping founders learn to hear them. Whether you’re a founder, a spouse, or a next gen, these articles will give you tools to build trust, respect, and a legacy that lasts.

Tips to learn how to be recognized as a next generation leader, from shadow to spotlight.

Meaningful dialogue in a family business can be difficult. Finding your voice enables both the family and the business to thrive.

One of the most stress-inducing questions that many financial advisors receive from wealthier clients is, “Do I need a family office?”...

his fourth article concludes the series on boundaries in family enterprises and is geared to advisors who may be asked to wear more than one hat.

In family enterprises, relationships are the greatest asset—and often the greatest risk. Familial bonds bring loyalty and long-term...

Pat O’Connor discusses how understanding your beliefs about conflict will help you address conflict more directly, with positive benefits...

Click here to learn more about “The Lemonade Stand” by Ara Bagdasarian and Nick Gustavsson

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...

Read the article Getting Started with Family Governance here.

The “Green Box” is really a metaphor for a designated place to keep all your important planning documents so that people then know where...

Co-authored with Caitilin O'Connor The O’Connor family has always loved a good board game. During the pandemic, we find ourselves dusting...

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...

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...

OVERVIEW A third-generation daughter engaged Blackwood to help increase alignment between she and her non-active sibling shareholders...

OVERVIEW Blackwood was engaged by the members of a second-generation enterprising family with G2 in-laws presiding over respective...

A year ago I wrote about the challenges of raising “financially fit kids” and suggested a book written by Lee Hausner as a great...