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A Family Business is like:  an Australian Sea Lion because … … they often fail to define the family’s ground rules.   Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) facts: Kingdom: Animalia;  Phylum:  Chordata;  Class:  Mammalia;  Order:  Carnivora; Suborder:  …

Assisting family businesses can involve many complex issues and profound challenges – from resolving sibling rivalry to handling dysfunctional intergenerational expectations. Perhaps no problem is more complex, for both the family and the business, tha …

When we look at family businesses around the world that have proactively maintained and enhanced their collective business interests over many generations, we find that they have usually employed a number of consistent strategies.  I call these their “ …

The succession process has been fraught with issues and complications since the first caveman’s son asked him to hand over his flints.  It’s formed the subject matter of stories and dramas for as long as we’ve had recorded words, and will undoubtedly c …

Conflict = Family Tragedy Newspapers and magazines revel in a constant diet of spectacular family disasters.  The wealthier the family, and/or the greater their celebrity status, the better. Neither the riches of Croesus, nor the paid wisdom of their e …

Leading a successful business is hard; keeping a family happy is harder; doing both at the same time is a challenge fit for heroes, especially when several generations are involved. A modern Family Office is a facility, or collection of resources, that …