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ADDRESSING THE FUNDAMENTAL DILEMMA OF FAMILY BUSINESS
The dilemma of family business is what the family needs in order to be healthy often conflicts with what the business needs to thrive.

Trevor Dickinson
Sep 7, 20215 min read
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MEDIATION AND THE FAMILY BUSINESS
Mediation can play an important role, privately and confidentially in preventing a conflict from developing into a serious ongoing dispute.

Trevor Dickinson
Jul 28, 20215 min read
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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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WHEN THE FAMILY BUSINESS IS A SICKNESS
When serious problems arise, the family business is treated, for all practical purposes, as a patient.

Trevor Dickinson
Jun 21, 20217 min read
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INABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY PASS ON FAMILY BUSINESS VIEWED AS A FAILURE
Family business owners historically viewed the inability to successfully pass ownership from generation to generation as a failure of sorts.

Trevor Dickinson
May 18, 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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WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE FAMILY AND THE BUSINESS?
Not all family businesses understand the importance of a Family Council, and therefore they neglect to develop one.

Trevor Dickinson
Jan 30, 20216 min read
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS PLANS THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS FUTURE
The board of directors’ primary task is to look at the business independently from the family’s needs.

Trevor Dickinson
Jan 27, 20215 min read
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