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Bruce'sThe conversation most family business owners avoid.
Most family business founders put off succession decisions, with their teams and their families. We all believe in our immortality, until we don’t or we are terminated by events beyond our control. This article is not focused on business succession but rather on the thorny issues of family wealth and family business ownership succession. Firstly, […]
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The Trusted Circle of Wagons
The suite of professionals, or what Bruce likes to call them, The Circle of Wagons. The Circle of Wagons Definition: to gather a group of people together to protect them from being attacked. Back in the day of wagons, animals and Indians, they moved wagons during the day in single file. When night approached, they […]
Freedom and choice: the next generation
What do we value most in life? The freedom to choose. Naturally, our children value this as well. So why do we sometimes impose tasks and responsibilities onto them that we assume they want, assume they are skilled to do and potentially trap them into a life without choice? I call this pigeonholing. To “pigeonhole” […]
Ensure your children, not their partners, keep their inheritances.
You’ve spent a lifetime building your wealth and carving out a piece of the world to call your own. Now, as you look to the future, you’re probably considering how best to ensure that your hard-earned legacy lands safely in your children’s hands. Amid concerns about inheritance possibly ending up in the wrong hands due […]
Who is in your trust circle?
There exists a group of individuals who hold immense significance. They are trusted advisors, the circle of wagons or professionals that we choose to do business with and trust with our wealth and sometimes even safeguard our well-being. As the saying goes, “You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family”. We can’t […]
When mixing business and personal gets messy…
When it comes to selling your business or preparing for retirement, it’s simple – we just need to separate business and personal interests. Yeah right! I know from experience that it isn’t simple, and it can be an overwhelming experience when you are stuck in the middle of it and/or trying to do it alone. […]
