by Mitzi | May 31, 2018 | Blog Posts
You Might Think Work-Life Balance Isn’t about YOU–But It Is! YOU MIGHT THINK WORK-LIFE BALANCE ISN’T ABOUT YOU––BUT IT IS! Do you feel that you’ve got too many balls in the air? That things are out of control? That you don’t have time for what should be the most...
by Mitzi | Apr 28, 2018 | Blog Posts
Why Family Businesses Break Down — and What to Do about It Adrienne Penta has a disturbing statistic for us, and nested inside it is yet another disturbing statistic. As Senior Vice President for Private Banking with Brown Brothers Harriman, Penta knows that: 70% of...
by Mitzi | Apr 5, 2018 | Blog Posts
Your Family Businesses Is Both Socialist and Capitalist: Take Advantage of this! The relationships in family businesses are vastly more complicated than the relationships in a publically-owned business. Cathy Carroll has a brilliant explanation of why this is so, and...
by Mitzi | Mar 25, 2018 | Blog Posts
Volatile Markets? Try Non-Correlated Investments At a recent meeting of the Ritossa Family Office Summit in Dubai, Jagdeesh Prakasam said something that caught the attention of the several hundred investors who were listening to him. He said that by using artificial...
by Mitzi | Mar 19, 2018 | Blog Posts
Family Governance Issues: Are You Struggling with Them Family businesses resemble countries in at least one key way. When you get the governance right, people have a chance at prospering and thriving. If you get it wrong, the result can mean unending distress. Babetta...
by Mitzi | Mar 13, 2018 | Blog Posts
Family Businesses, a Unique Treasure to Their Communities Olivier de Richoufftz from the Family Business Foundation knows something you probably don’t know about the Michelin Tire Company. This company contributes something of amazing and irreplaceable value to its...