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Trevor Dickinson
- Jun 15
- 4 min
THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF A FAMILY AGRIBUSINESS TRANSITION
Transition Planning and handing a family agribusiness over to the next generation involves financial as well as personal decisions.
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Trevor Dickinson
- May 30
- 4 min
EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESSION PREPAREDNESS
Readiness is imperative, and the key to readiness is education. Education is important because it adds perspective and validation.
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Trevor Dickinson
- May 30
- 4 min
BREAK DOWN THE WALL OF SILENCE
Communication is the key to success in maintaining a successful family agribusiness.
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Trevor Dickinson
- May 23
- 6 min
LEGACY: THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY UNITY
How do you build family unity and cohesion when both the family and the business wrestle with a fast-paced and changing environment?
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Trevor Dickinson
- Mar 29
- 4 min
WHY FAMILY BUSINESSES OUTPERFORM OTHERS
Numerous studies in the last few years indicate that family enterprises are, overall, more successful than their non-family counterparts.
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Trevor Dickinson
- Mar 25
- 23 min
CONFLICTS THAT PLAGUE FAMILY BUSINESSES
Examining some of the more difficult underlying psychological elements in operating family businesses & suggestions for ways of coping
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Trevor Dickinson
- Mar 15
- 5 min
LEAVING A FAMILY LEGACY
Legacy is a fundamental part of life – it gives life meaning. Legacy is much bigger than an estate plan that passes down tangible assets.
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Trevor Dickinson
- Feb 20
- 5 min
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.
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Trevor Dickinson
- Jan 17
- 5 min
DETERMINING ABILITY TO PAY
Can your agribusiness afford to meet your family’s needs? Ability to pay is based on the future, not the past.
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Trevor Dickinson
- Dec 8, 2021
- 6 min
BALANCING NEED WITH ABILITY TO PAY
Access to a stable capital base is essential for the long-term success of most enterprises.
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Trevor Dickinson
- Sep 7, 2021
- 5 min
FAMILY MEETINGS – LEARNING TO PLAN PRODUCTIVELY TOGETHER
Providing a setting for the family to address disagreements helps eliminate resentment by giving everyone a voice.
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Trevor Dickinson
- Jun 11, 2021
- 3 min
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.
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Trevor Dickinson
- Apr 28, 2021
- 5 min
STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR FAMILIES IN BUSINESS
The family business is a complex system that only a multi-faceted method of planning will be able to help it move ahead.
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Trevor Dickinson
- Mar 29, 2021
- 3 min
SUCCESSION PLANNING: GET EXPERT HELP AND UNDERSTAND YOUR OPTIONS
Even if succession seems straightforward, several steps are needed to facilitate the transfer of the farm from one generation to the next.
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Trevor Dickinson
- Mar 9, 2021
- 4 min
SUCCESSION PLANNING: THE TIME TO TALK IS NOW
Think of succession planning like producing a crop: it does not happen overnight and requires many small steps from seed to sale.
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