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PODCAST: Doug Baumoel – Should You Stay Together as a Family or Go Your Separate Ways?
WEALTH OF WISDOM PODCAST - EPISODE 36 When should a family call it quits and go their separate ways? How can a family even think about this painful question? In this podcast, Keith Whitaker [...]
The Rewards and Challenges of Working for a Family Business
Doug Baumoel’s Story Based on an interview and article with Cornell University’s Smith Family Business Initiative Working for your family’s business can be a very rewarding experience, especially if it functions well. When it doesn’t, the [...]
ON DEMAND WEBINAR: Deconstructing Conflict: Understanding Family Business, Shared Wealth and Power
Continuity Partners Doug Baumoel and Blair Trippe recently presented a webinar in partnership with Trust and Estates magazine, and their parent WealthManagement.com. The webinar provides a comprehensive overview of Continuity's unique developmental perspective and methodology [...]
Five Ways to Improve Family Business Communication
We all know communication has a powerful impact on both personal and business relationships. That’s one reason why many people identify poor communication as what needs to be fixed for the family business and relationships [...]
Understanding Conflict in Families of Wealth
By Blair Trippe Working Through Differences Everyone fights over what matters to them. When unrelated people fight, they can choose to walk away and end relationships. When family members fight, it’s not that easy. It’s more [...]
Should We Stay Together as a Family Enterprise or Separate?
How to Figure Out if Sharing Assets Still Makes Sense By Doug Baumoel Defining Family In the back of your mind you may be asking this question: Should we continue managing our wealth, business, or [...]
The Hidden Perils—and Potential— of Shared Family-Owned Real Estate
The Hidden Perils—and Potential— of Shared Family-Owned Real Estate By Paul Faxon and Blair Trippe Managing Unique Challenges for Future Success Real estate can be the driver of a wonderful family business, but it can [...]
It Isn’t Always Fighting: Family Business Conflict
Can you recognize family business conflict? Few people are eager to admit their family has conflict. Especially now that social media reminds us daily that our friends have perfectly harmonious families (!), it can feel [...]