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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
Jun 15, 20224 min read
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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, 20224 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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CAN A NON-FAMILY SUCCESSOR ADD VALUE TO YOUR BUSINESS?
Companies frequently count on non-family CEOs to provide expertise, contacts, or other assets that current family leaders lack.
Trevor Dickinson
May 30, 20226 min read
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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
May 23, 20226 min read
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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 29, 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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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.
Trevor Dickinson
Mar 15, 20225 min read
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BALANCING NEED WITH ABILITY TO PAY
Access to a stable capital base is essential for the long-term success of most enterprises.
Trevor Dickinson
Dec 8, 20216 min read
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ADDRESSING THE FUNDAMENTAL DILEMMA OF FAMILY BUSINESS
The dilemma of family business is what the family needs in order to be healthy often conflicts with what the business needs to thrive.
Trevor Dickinson
Sep 7, 20215 min read
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FAMILY MEETINGS – LEARNING TO PLAN PRODUCTIVELY TOGETHER
Providing a setting for the family to address disagreements helps eliminate resentment by giving everyone a voice.
Trevor Dickinson
Sep 7, 20215 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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WHAT IS FAMILY BUSINESS GOVERNANCE?
Strong family business governance is a common and critical characteristic among family businesses that thrive for multiple generations.
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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SUSTAINING AND RENEWING SHARED PURPOSE AND VALUES
Generative families discover that having family wealth is only the beginning of a long and complex journey.
Trevor Dickinson
Jun 21, 20215 min read
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BDO TALKING TRUSTS SERIES 2021
Trevor Dickinson, is honoured to have been invited to present at the BDO Wealth Advisor's Talking Trusts Series.
Trevor Dickinson
Jun 17, 20212 min read
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INABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY PASS ON FAMILY BUSINESS VIEWED AS A FAILURE
Family business owners historically viewed the inability to successfully pass ownership from generation to generation as a failure of sorts.
Trevor Dickinson
May 18, 20213 min read
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ESTATE PLANNING TO MINIMIZE STRIFE
When business-owning parents leave their children equal shares, a battle can erupt between those who work at the company and those who don’t
Trevor Dickinson
Apr 28, 202110 min read
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NOT SO FORTUNATE – TRYING TO SELL HIS BUSINESS
The key to developing and executing successful exit plans for private business owners.
Trevor Dickinson
Apr 28, 20213 min read
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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.
Trevor Dickinson
Apr 28, 20215 min read
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