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10 Behavioral Strategies for a Successful Year-End

With the end of the year approaching, it’s time for a review of your business performance in 2012. The following 10 behavioral strategies will ensure a successful year-end and help you plan for the new year.

Management Principle: Balance

If the pressures of life rob you of your ability to relax and take in life around you, something’s wrong. We have a greater need today, than any other time in history, to find balance.

Building Relationships

When it comes to building meaningful and successful relationships with your family, friends, colleagues and clients, effective communication is foundational.

Bringing Children Into The Family Business

In my work with entrepreneurs and family business owners there are quite divergent views about whether to bring children into the family business when they are young adults, or even at any stage. Some say never and others have a desire to perpetuate the family association with the business. There are [...]

Partnerships and Money Personalities

In the past few weeks we have had a number of people contact us who are starting some form of business partnership together. Most of the time their request has been to find out more about their differences. Some of the typical issues they are seeking to understand are:
1. What are [...]

Shirt Sleeves to Shirt Sleeves in 3 Generations

In recent years there has been a lot written about how wealth created by the first generation (the entrepreneur) is lost by the third generation. Often the second generation has also added to the wealth. Then the third generation has lost it through being irresponsible, idle or simply making poor decisions.
Research from a range of [...]

Dreams and Goals

Would you prefer to be asked about your dreams or your goals?
Last week in one of our Wealth Mentor Community Calls we discussed this very question. Prior to the meeting, I had the Wealth Mentor participants read a book called the Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly. This book really brings out [...]

The Impact of Money on Your Family

What has been the impact of money on your family? This is a big question and one often addressed in a family meeting. Also, it is often asked by your financial advisor in the financial planning discussion.
There will be both positive and negative impacts of money on a family. In many [...]

Review Your Relationship with Money

Recently, I have had a great experience in reading a book called “The Energy of Money” by Maria Nemeth. I would thoroughly recommend this book to any person who is interested in better understanding their relationship to money. After all, this is what I have been advocating very strongly in my [...]

Family Transparency

A common derailer that I have seen in many families is a lack of transparency. There is key information which is not being disclosed to other family members and, in some cases, to key people in a family business. Usually, this is caused by the holder of the information not trusting [...]

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