Effective Board oversight demands information that is current and relevant. However, the natural gaps that exist between what management communicates to the board and what the board needs to know, often creates inefficiencies and ineffectiveness of oversight. This report tackles these issues of disconnect between management and the board and offers ways to enhance the exchange of information between these two entities.
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As an advisor responsible for providing holistic and integrated family wealth services, leadership is an integral part of your every day responsibility. Sarah Biggerstaff, noted coach and lecturer in the practice of leadership at Yale School of Management, will walk participants through a process to unlock their potential and explore their personal identity as a leader. Sarah believes there is no one-size fits all approach to leadership and will help advisors explore and develop their own authentic style.
Sustainability of the family and wealth for the long-term is critically dependent on current conditions and trends that impact families today and well into the future. Family Office Exchange is pleased to provide a panel of industry leaders whose experience, position and knowledge of the industry places them at the forefront understanding the work critical for success as the architect, engineer and constructor of full integrated, exemplary advisor service.
Forum Wrap Up – What are my Key Take-Aways?
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The Advisor as the Master Builder. Among the many benefits of deploying design-build project delivery methodology for complex construction projects is a single point of responsibility. As such, the master builder team is responsible for all aspects of the project—leaving an owner free to focus on the project’s scope and general decision making.
Critical to the success of any design-build project is creating and managing a highly-functional, cooperative and collaborative team of internal and external resources to meet the needs of the family. Building such a work team necessitates thoughtful and preemptive conflict resolution processes as well as effective communication strategies. Ben Dattner, Ph.D., will guide participants on how to increase their individual effectiveness by developing a better understanding of the impact of individual psychology and group dynamics on their performance.
The Institutionalization of Asian Family Offices
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This report documents how the family office has fast emerged as a viable structure from which to manage the assets of wealthy families in Asia. The rapid growth of the UHNWI population in the region and the tax-friendly environment and robust capability provided in regional financial hubs suggest a further expansion of the industry in years to come. Participants in the survey upon which this research was built exhibit a nascent to intermediate stage of institutionalization in aggregate and a high degree of family control.
Global Family Business Survey
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The Global Family Business Survey is the seventh survey by PwC from interviews conducted with key decision makes in family businesses in 40 countries.
Pitcairn and The Corporate Greenhouse have co-written a case study that validates why talent planning and business planning are equally important and interdependent. The case study discusses how Pitcairn’s CEO is transforming a 90-year-old family business into a high-performing multi‑family office with increased profitability, streamlined processes, and happier employees.
Simplifying Securities Regulation of M&A Brokers
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Business brokerage services are critically important to the liquidity of small business ownership, business growth, and related jobs preservation and creation. Baby boomers are faced with the prospects of either selling or closing their businesses to retire. Small business owners need and rely upon the professional services of merger and acquisition intermediaries, advisors, and business brokers (together, “M&A brokers”) to advise about and assist with the sale of privately owned businesses.