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COVER A RANGE OF PERTINENT TOPICS RELEVANT TO FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES.

The purpose of the blog is to enhance family businessmen and women how to keep their dream alive and realize it through good planning.

THE INSIGHTS WILL HELP FAMILY BUSINESS OWNERS:

Maintain growing, healthy and profitable companies,
Shape future business directions,
Prepare new family leadership,
Ensure the support of family members who do not work for the company but who significantly influence its fate, and
Guide future generations via thoughtful philosophies.

TOPICAL ARTICLES

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Trevor Dickinson

Oct 4, 2022
8 min

HOW TO IMPROVE FATHER-SON RELATIONSHIPS

The conflict between fathers and sons relates to traditional male roles.

16 views

FACING REALITY CAN PREVENT A NIGHTMARE SCENARIO

Trevor Dickinson

Oct 4, 2022
5 min

FACING REALITY CAN PREVENT A NIGHTMARE SCENARIO

Neglect succession planning for your family farm, and you could leave your loved ones with a financial and emotional disaster.

7 views

DIVERSIFY YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS TO INSULATE IT FROM RISKS

Trevor Dickinson

Oct 4, 2022
7 min

DIVERSIFY YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS TO INSULATE IT FROM RISKS

Your family business leadership must have a clear, compelling, and objective framework to ensure that good long-term decisions are made

3 views

THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF A FAMILY AGRIBUSINESS TRANSITION

Trevor Dickinson

Jun 15, 2022
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.

37 views

EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESSION PREPAREDNESS

Trevor Dickinson

May 30, 2022
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.

24 views

Trevor Dickinson

May 30, 2022
4 min

BREAK DOWN THE WALL OF SILENCE

Communication is the key to success in maintaining a successful family agribusiness.

36 views

Trevor Dickinson

May 23, 2022
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?

25 views

Trevor Dickinson

Mar 29, 2022
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.

31 views

Trevor Dickinson

Mar 25, 2022
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

38 views

Trevor Dickinson

Mar 15, 2022
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.

57 views

ARE YOU A ‘PEOPLE-PLEASER’ OR A ‘JUSTICE COLLECTOR’?

Trevor Dickinson

Feb 20, 2022
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.

17 views

Trevor Dickinson

Jan 17, 2022
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.

24 views

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.

18 views

FAMILY MEETINGS – LEARNING TO PLAN PRODUCTIVELY TOGETHER

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.

52 views

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.

28 views

STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR FAMILIES IN BUSINESS

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.

69 views

SUCCESSION PLANNING: GET EXPERT HELP AND UNDERSTAND YOUR OPTIONS

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.

64 views

SUCCESSION PLANNING: THE TIME TO TALK IS NOW

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.

36 views

Trevor Dickinson

Oct 4, 2022
8 min

HOW TO IMPROVE FATHER-SON RELATIONSHIPS

The conflict between fathers and sons relates to traditional male roles.

Trevor Dickinson

Oct 4, 2022
5 min

FACING REALITY CAN PREVENT A NIGHTMARE SCENARIO

Neglect succession planning for your family farm, and you could leave your loved ones with a financial and emotional disaster.

Trevor Dickinson

Oct 4, 2022
7 min

DIVERSIFY YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS TO INSULATE IT FROM RISKS

Your family business leadership must have a clear, compelling, and objective framework to ensure that good long-term decisions are made

Trevor Dickinson

Jun 15, 2022
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.

Trevor Dickinson

May 30, 2022
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.

Trevor Dickinson

May 30, 2022
4 min

BREAK DOWN THE WALL OF SILENCE

Communication is the key to success in maintaining a successful family agribusiness.

Trevor Dickinson

May 23, 2022
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?

Trevor Dickinson

Mar 29, 2022
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.

Trevor Dickinson

Mar 25, 2022
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

Trevor Dickinson

Mar 15, 2022
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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