As Family Offices evolve and become more complex, attracting the right talent to deliver and manage services requires compensation that is competitive with other professional firms. Join this session to discover how family offices can create a compensation program that attracts unrivaled talent to serve the family. Eric Gonzaga, Principal, Human Capital Services, Grant Thornton Ken Cameron, Director, Human Capital Services, Grant Thornton Moderated by Peter Leo, Director, Human Capital, FOX
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It’s no secret the UHNW world is facing a myriad of talent challenges, from increased outsourcing to designing competitive incentive and compensation programs, to convincing the family that the office needs more staff. Join a panel of trusted family office advisors with deep family office HR experience as they address these often-nuanced situations.
Get up to speed on the latest results from FOX’s compensation and benefit survey. Glen W. Johnson, President of Membership, FOX Hilary Leav, Director, Insights & Research, FOX
No matter if a family enterprise is establishing an Advisory Board, Fiduciary Board, or Owners Board, considerations must include the roles that family members might play and how best to prepare them for service. As a fourth-generation Pitcairn family member and family governance leader within a pioneering multi-family office, Andrew Pitcairn shares key strategies to bring the next generation of family leadership up to speed on Board service.
Engaging and Retaining Talent for Family Offices
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The family office talent landscape is more competitive than ever before. Hear from a family office HR expert on how you can employ proven processes to engage and retain. We discussed the importance of the employee experience including flexibility, how roles are constructed, and how you can tailor it to meet your workforce needs. They also discussed competitive total rewards and how leadership has to adapt to be effective in the current talent environment. Additional learning resources will also be provided.
Family Leadership Development
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Understanding the development of family leaders plays an important role as new generations emerge. In this episode, Richard Joyner discusses the path it takes to become a family leader and how to develop the skills and experiences needed for success.
The Changing Role of the Chief Investment Officer
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As families grow their investment function, the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) must provide insight and flexibility to serve varied and changing investment platforms. While much of the CIO’s role is focused on investments and the investment decision-making process, many CIO responsibilities aren’t investment-centric and will impact the long-term success of the investment strategy—and therefore the long-term success of the family office as it continually evolves to meet its mission, goals, and objectives.
Family offices are getting more and more sophisticated, with complex structures and investment platforms similar to that of institutions. Attracting the talent to deliver and manage those models and platforms demands a compensation package that is competitive with other professional firms. Eric and Ken will discuss how the industry has changed and how compensation packages at family offices have evolved to meet those needs.
Diversity, Inclusion and Effective Philanthropy
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Good intentions do not make for philanthropic success on their own. Blind spots cost philanthropists—and the causes they espouse—dearly. To make the most of their philanthropic dollars, donors practice due diligence. But when concepts of diversity and inclusion are added to basic due diligence, the result can create a philanthropy that is both responsive and efficient. Any philanthropist can benefit from adopting a policy of including diverse voices at all levels of their giving program. This guide aims to show how that can be done.
The new year brings unique opportunities for families and their offices, but it can also create new obstacles to navigate. FOX has identified three dominant themes that will drive disruption and opportunity for families of wealth, their family offices, and their professional advisors.