The first figure offered to a Family Officer is never just a payment. It is a declaration of intent, the opening move in a relationship...

Beginning a succession process with tax, accounting, and legal considerations is like setting the sails before charting the course. These...

When Power Lingers and the Future Waits In a family business, tyranny rarely arrives with noise. It comes quietly, wrapped in good...

Continuity is never given. It must be examined, shaped, and chosen. Families often approach governance as if it were an insurance policy....

In a world increasingly shaped by disruption, Next Generation family business entrepreneurs face a subtle but profound dilemma: why...

Laying the Cornerstone of a Single Family Office The establishment of a Single Family Office is not merely an administrative exercise. It...

Leadership within a family office is not defined by rank, nor measured by visibility. It is a quiet authority, earned, not asserted, that...

Prompted by a recent Financial Times article, the term boomerang CEO has returned to the spotlight, referring to former chief executives...

The Covenant Beyond Ownership As the family moves beyond enterprise, the questions shift. From: What do we own? To: What do we owe, to...

The Soul of the Structure When a family transitions from enterprise to Family Office, it leaves behind the visible gears of commerce and...

PART I — The Threshold of the Invisible From Enterprise to Essence: Trust, Governance, and the After After™ There comes a moment, quiet...

Judgment is easy when viewed from the outside. From a distance, complexity flattens and decisions appear obvious. But leadership is not...

Control often enters with good intentions. Disguised as protection, framed as stewardship. But when it hardens, when it begins to resist...

In moments of transition some families find themselves sensing the quiet power of one who walks beside them. Not to command but to...

What comes before the beginning is rarely seen. Beneath the surface, long before the first word, there is a quiet accumulation of...

The heart of a family enterprise’s failure lies not in its governance, but in governance stripped of spirit. Too often, succession is...

Before the business, there was a conversation. Before the first investment, a name. Before the brand, a bond. Long before any strategy or...

A recent article in the Financial Times got me thinking. The reported legal proceedings involving Swatch, triggered by a minority...

Succession is not a checklist or a charter; it is the living spirit of a family’s legacy. True continuity begins with dialogue, trust,...

The old adage “clogs to clogs in three generations” is often invoked as if decline were inevitable. As though loss were encoded in the...