Resources

This week we are excited to be launching our interview series, Conversations with Tom Deans. Tom is an internationally renowned speaker...

Watch Pat O’Connor discuss how the recently enacted Intergenerational Business Transfer Bill C-208 could impact the future of your Family...

In a family enterprise, even when mothers are not directly involved in the operation of the business, their leadership is powerful. Much...

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...

At Blackwood, we utilize a tool called a genogram to help us understand the relationships and connections in each client family....

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...

In some ways, a family is like a small company with everyone working together to create a positive culture and support successful family...

The concept of ‘social investing’ is not new. We have seen many versions of this over the years, starting with what was also called...

Many people that I work with feel that if they have a current will completed, their estate plan is organized. While having a current will...

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