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HOW TO IMPROVE FATHER-SON RELATIONSHIPS
The conflict between fathers and sons relates to traditional male roles.

Trevor Dickinson
Oct 4, 20228 min read
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BREAK DOWN THE WALL OF SILENCE
Communication is the key to success in maintaining a successful family agribusiness.

Trevor Dickinson
May 30, 20224 min read
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CONFLICTS THAT PLAGUE FAMILY BUSINESSES
Examining some of the more difficult underlying psychological elements in operating family businesses & suggestions for ways of coping

Trevor Dickinson
Mar 25, 202223 min read
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ARE YOU A ‘PEOPLE-PLEASER’ OR A ‘JUSTICE COLLECTOR’?
‘People-pleasers’ and ‘injustice-collectors’ tend to suffer from the same basic problem: a lack of self-esteem.

Trevor Dickinson
Feb 20, 20225 min read
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MEDIATION AND THE FAMILY BUSINESS
Mediation can play an important role, privately and confidentially in preventing a conflict from developing into a serious ongoing dispute.

Trevor Dickinson
Jul 28, 20215 min read
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WHY CONSIDER A PREMARITAL AGREEMENT?
Together with a restrictive shareholder agreement a premarital agreement ensures that an ex-spouse will not be a family business shareholder

Trevor Dickinson
Jul 7, 20215 min read
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WHEN THE FAMILY BUSINESS IS A SICKNESS
When serious problems arise, the family business is treated, for all practical purposes, as a patient.

Trevor Dickinson
Jun 21, 20217 min read
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SURVIVING PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENTS
It is never advisable to present a prenuptial agreement prior to convening a mutual discussion.

Trevor Dickinson
Jun 21, 20214 min read
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WHEN PARENTS AND CHILDREN CLASH
The road to successful succession planning is seldom as straight as the rows of trees in an orchard, but undue nastiness can be avoided.

Trevor Dickinson
Jun 11, 20213 min read
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FAMILY CONFLICT WHEN THE BUSINESS FACES CRISIS
Failure to address unresolved family conflicts will affect performance of the family business.

Trevor Dickinson
Apr 19, 20216 min read
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WHEN FATHERS & SONS CLASH - RESOLUTION TAKES COURAGE
Resolution can best be achieved when father and son understand the origins of the conflict.

Trevor Dickinson
Mar 9, 20212 min read
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HOW TO IMPROVE FATHER-SON WORK RELATIONSHIPS
Both father and son must understand the origins of their conflict in order to change their perspectives.

Trevor Dickinson
Mar 9, 20218 min read
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FATHER-SON WORK RELATIONSHIPS - THERE ARE ALWAYS TWO POINTS OF VIEW
Since the dawn of history fathers and sons have worked together with varying degrees of happiness and success.

Trevor Dickinson
Feb 8, 20212 min read
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