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Building Relationships

By Hugh Massie ⋅ June 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By Hugh Massie ⋅ September 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By Hugh Massie ⋅ June 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By Hugh Massie ⋅ May 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By Hugh Massie ⋅ August 28, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By Hugh Massie ⋅ July 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

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

By Hugh Massie ⋅ July 23, 2008 ⋅ One comment

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

By Hugh Massie ⋅ June 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]

Organizing a Family Meeting

By Hugh Massie ⋅ June 4, 2008 ⋅ One comment

How can you have sound family communication if your family never properly gets together as a family unit? Why are you holding back from organizing a family meeting? Are you concerned it will not be worthwhile? More importantly, are you concerned about some “hot” issues that may get raised? What [...]

Birth Order and Behavior

By Hugh Massie ⋅ April 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

One of the questions I am often asked is does birth order influence your behavioral style?
Well, based on the research we have performed, birth order does not influence your natural behavior. When I say natural behavior, I mean the core “hard-wired” behavior which is based on genetics and then shaped into [...]

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