Nurture Your Family Culture
Nurturing family culture builds resilient family bonds and supports individuals. Doing this work well requires understanding the different pieces of the cycle.
Wealth of Wisdom
The gift for someone who (you think) has everything! I am very pleased to share with you a preview of the book that features a chapter I wrote on shared family land and what to consider when preparing for generational … Continued
Family Interdependence: From Necessity to Choice
How choosing to depend on others builds resilience In the US, we’re raised to value independence. We learn that money is a direct path to achieve it. The more money you have, the less you need to depend on others. … Continued
Why Women Controlling More Wealth is Good For All
Women are projected to control more than half of the wealth in our country by the middle of this century. There are those who believe that’s already happened, but the overall trend is undeniable. Some men aren’t quite sure what … Continued
Family Culture #5 – Revisitation and Affirmation
Family Cultures Must Learn How to Adapt To remain Relevant The landscape of family culture is subjected to constant pressure from outside as the world we live in changes. This is true regardless of the size of your family or … Continued
Nurturing Family Culture #4 – Fortify for Durability
In our previous blog posts about family culture, we have discussed why it is important to identify your family’s shared values and culture to align them across generations. Our most recent post outlined how governance structures embed core shared family … Continued
Nurturing Family Culture #2 – Identification and Clarification
In our first post we defined the importance of nurturing your family culture and underscored that paying attention to human connection has a longer, more sustainable impact on families than focusing solely on passing down financial resources to the next … Continued
Family Culture – Nurture It To Sustain Your Legacy
Family connection, not money, has the greatest influence on multi-generational family continuity. But when many think about legacy, it’s often in the context of multi-generational financial wealth. Money, though, masks what people are really interested in passing to future generations … Continued
Focus Less on the Money And More on the People
“From shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in 3 generations” refers to the process of building wealth, passing it down and exhausting it within 3 generations. This concept is steeped in history and crosses cultures. In fact, different cultures have created expressions that … Continued
Get Your Giving Under Control
Individual giving accounts for over 72% of all charitable giving in the USA, according to the annual report on charitable giving in the US by GivingUSA. This number fluctuates a bit from year to year, but on a relative basis, … Continued