To celebrate sibling week I thought it would be a good time to learn a few important skills to create stronger sibling relationships. Sibling relationships seem to be more complicated than they should be. It’s your sister, your brother – right? Should be simple, yet most sibling relationships I see have all sorts of complications […]

My doctor always wants to check my blood pressure as a quick indicator of my overall health and well-being. In a family business, I want to look at your decision-making process and decision-making culture as a quick indicator of your ability to be a sustainable family business. Unhealthy family businesses hoard all the decision-making at […]

Winning teams get the most out of their different “personality types.” Losing teams get stuck and entrenched in personality conflict and never reach their potential. I’ve gotten to watch that story play out again and again over the past 20 years of observing team dynamics. The visionaries vs. the detail-oriented people The optimists vs. the […]

Why is it so hard to communicate within a family system? I wish I had the simple answer. It seems like in almost every family honest, productive communication can be a challenge. Here are a couple of things I do know. Communication, like every other skill, takes practice to not only get good at, but […]

I’ve always thought business professionals can learn so much from high-performing athletes. Here’s a quick list of three lessons you should take away from the Olympics: PRACTICE is the key to greatness. Think about how many hours of practice Olympians put in before they ever get to the competition. As business professionals, you need to […]