“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” — Peter Drucker When most people receive a life-changing cancer diagnosis, they look for the best specialist they can find. American financier Michael Milken chose a different path. Instead of asking...
Most successful family businesses can trace their origins to a remarkable entrepreneur. Far fewer can claim to have remained united, prosperous and influential five generations later. Yet that is precisely what the Eccles family has achieved. Their story, shared by...
Family offices are built on relationships. No single office, however accomplished, can employ every specialist a family may need. At different stages, it may call on tax advisers, trustees, lawyers, investment consultants, cyber-security experts, art valuers, property...
An adaptation from an excellent book on ethics written by Kennith Branchard and Norman Peak. A manager under pressure A divisional sales manager at a large technology company is facing a problem that will be familiar to many business leaders. Sales have been...
“The greatest inheritance we leave our children is not simply wealth, but the freedom to choose their own future.” When affluent families gather around a boardroom table or the dining room table to discuss their long-term plans, the conversation is usually a familiar...
