Business planning | Family Legacies

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COVER A RANGE OF PERTINENT TOPICS RELEVANT TO FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES.

The purpose of the blog is to enhance family businessmen and women how to keep their dream alive and realize it through good planning.

THE INSIGHTS WILL HELP FAMILY BUSINESS OWNERS:

Maintain growing, healthy and profitable companies,
Shape future business directions,
Prepare new family leadership,
Ensure the support of family members who do not work for the company but who significantly influence its fate, and
Guide future generations via thoughtful philosophies.

TOPICAL ARTICLES

JOURNAL ARTICLES

WHAT IS FAMILY BUSINESS GOVERNANCE?

Strong family business governance is a common and critical characteristic among family businesses that thrive for multiple generations.

Trevor Dickinson

Jul 7, 20215 min read

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NOT SO FORTUNATE – TRYING TO SELL HIS BUSINESS

The key to developing and executing successful exit plans for private business owners.

Trevor Dickinson

Apr 28, 20213 min read

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STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR FAMILIES IN BUSINESS

The family business is a complex system that only a multi-faceted method of planning will be able to help it move ahead.

Trevor Dickinson

Apr 28, 20215 min read

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STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE FAMILY & BUSINESS

Fostering alignment of family and business perspectives is essential to optimize the health of the company and enable its long-term success.

Trevor Dickinson

Feb 3, 20213 min read

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HOW TO IMPROVE FATHER-SON RELATIONSHIPS

The conflict between fathers and sons relates to traditional male roles.

Trevor Dickinson

Oct 4, 20228 min read

FACING REALITY CAN PREVENT A NIGHTMARE SCENARIO

Neglect succession planning for your family farm, and you could leave your loved ones with a financial and emotional disaster.

Trevor Dickinson

Oct 4, 20225 min read

DIVERSIFY YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS TO INSULATE IT FROM RISKS

Your family business leadership must have a clear, compelling, and objective framework to ensure that good long-term decisions are made

Trevor Dickinson

Oct 4, 20227 min read

THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF A FAMILY AGRIBUSINESS TRANSITION

Transition Planning and handing a family agribusiness over to the next generation involves financial as well as personal decisions.

Trevor Dickinson

Jun 15, 20224 min read

EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESSION PREPAREDNESS

Readiness is imperative, and the key to readiness is education. Education is important because it adds perspective and validation.

Trevor Dickinson

May 30, 20224 min read

BREAK DOWN THE WALL OF SILENCE

Communication is the key to success in maintaining a successful family agribusiness.

Trevor Dickinson

May 30, 20224 min read

LEGACY: THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY UNITY

How do you build family unity and cohesion when both the family and the business wrestle with a fast-paced and changing environment?

Trevor Dickinson

May 23, 20226 min read

WHY FAMILY BUSINESSES OUTPERFORM OTHERS

Numerous studies in the last few years indicate that family enterprises are, overall, more successful than their non-family counterparts.

Trevor Dickinson

Mar 29, 20224 min read

CONFLICTS THAT PLAGUE FAMILY BUSINESSES

Examining some of the more difficult underlying psychological elements in operating family businesses & suggestions for ways of coping

Trevor Dickinson

Mar 25, 202223 min read

LEAVING A FAMILY LEGACY

Legacy is a fundamental part of life – it gives life meaning. Legacy is much bigger than an estate plan that passes down tangible assets.

Trevor Dickinson

Mar 15, 20225 min read

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WHAT IS FAMILY BUSINESS GOVERNANCE?

NOT SO FORTUNATE – TRYING TO SELL HIS BUSINESS

STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR FAMILIES IN BUSINESS

STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE FAMILY & BUSINESS

HOW TO IMPROVE FATHER-SON RELATIONSHIPS

FACING REALITY CAN PREVENT A NIGHTMARE SCENARIO

DIVERSIFY YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS TO INSULATE IT FROM RISKS

THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF A FAMILY AGRIBUSINESS TRANSITION

EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESSION PREPAREDNESS

BREAK DOWN THE WALL OF SILENCE

LEGACY: THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY UNITY

WHY FAMILY BUSINESSES OUTPERFORM OTHERS

CONFLICTS THAT PLAGUE FAMILY BUSINESSES

LEAVING A FAMILY LEGACY