Family Business Relationships

Lessons from a Vineyard: Ignore Predictions

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business


Margaret Heffernan

Civil war broke out in the Lebanon in 1977. As Nicholas Taleb recalls in The Black Swan, adults at the time were utterly confident that the war would end in "only a matter of days."

Tear Down the Walls: How to Separate the Position From the Person

Grande Lum | Posted 12.24.2008 | Living


Grande Lum

A part of who we are is what we believe. This explains why we tend to assess other people's likeability and credibility based on their positions.

Only 15 Percent Of Family Businesses Last Three Generations

The Wall Street Journal | Robert Frank | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business


The path to riches usually starts with a family business. To use private-banker jargon, the Patriarch founds the company (they never say Matriarch) an...

How To Mix Business And Family...And Stay Sane

Mona Ackerman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Mona Ackerman

Q: I know that everyone talks about the influence of money in the relationship between a man and a woman, but how about between a mother and a daughte...