The Americas region is facing heightened levels of risk. With long-standing geopolitical relationships rapidly changing and growing economic uncertainty driven by shifting U.S. trade and economic policies, as many as 91% of executives in the region agreed that the global risk landscape is now more defined by crisis than at any time in recent memory.
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From working with forward-thinking family office leaders for more than two decades, we can see with a bird’s eye view of the family office space and have a keen awareness of the forces and demands that are shaping it. In today’s environment, we see even more change than usual, including meaningful structural transformations. For family offices, the ability to adapt thoughtfully to change is essential.
Robust governance practices form the cornerstone of success for the family wealth enterprise, and ongoing succession planning is one element of a mature governance system. As family considers its future succession, it is vital to understand why a well-conceived plan is so important and what the critical elements of the plan entail. Here, we outline five critical steps, techniques, and considerations for your succession planning. By taking this proactive approach, you can better position your family for continued success and safeguard your family legacy for generations to come.
In a world where conflict is inevitable, how can families with complex family dynamics and complicated structures foster healthy conflict that actually makes them stronger and more resilient. Join Matt Wesley and Cathy Carroll to find the Goldilocks of constructive conflict. They will discuss the mindsets and skills any family can develop, such as brave conversations and active listening, to harvest the value of conflict and live in authentic harmony.
For business and wealth creators, preserving the family in the midst of wealth is far more difficult than creating the wealth. Integrating second and third generations into ownership and decision-making is something business builders haven’t yet experienced. We focus on 14 strategies families can use to integrate rising generations and pass down responsible ownership and governance.
2025 FOX Foresight: A Difficult Transition: Proactive Planning and Support for Aging Principals
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We’ll examine how to successfully navigate the challenges that arise with the aging and cognitive decline of a family member and/or board member from the perspective of the family office. Aging experts emphasize several strategies for identifying cognitive impairment and ensuring early detection, along with resources and approaches for handling these sensitive and often stressful situations.
FOX Public Webcast: Managing Complexity: Helping Families Succeed Along Their Evolutionary Journey
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In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, multigenerational families face unique challenges and opportunities that demand thoughtful strategy, robust governance, and the effective utilization of private family capital. This webcast will delve into the essential pillars that enable families to thrive over the long term: mastering complexity, building robust governance, cultivating a learning mindset, and harnessing the transformative power of private family capital. This webcast will further participants’ understanding of how to:
The Why, What, and How of Family Governance
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Defining a family enterprise’s governance structures is a journey, not a destination. In this webcast Stephanie Traversy, Vice President of Personal Development and Governance at Bridgegreen Capital, will unpack four critical milestones along the path to purposeful governance. She’ll cover why families need to establish their higher purpose and long-range vision, what purposeful activities will drive that vision forward, and how to build the structures, agreements, policies and plans appropriate to the family’s needs.
The family office industry is constantly evolving, and the family offices that embrace the changing dynamics continue to be successful in achieving their overall purpose. As in the first edition, this second edition of the Plante Moran Family Office Book provides timely and relevant insights to help family office professionals manage, operate, and evolve a best-in-class, forward-looking family office.
Scott Peppet, the President of a single family office and private trust company, will explore the importance of aligning a family’s learning capacity with the complexity of its environment to ensure long-term flourishing for the family and family enterprise. Scott emphasizes that rather than always striving to increase knowledge to match complex demands, families should consider reducing the complexity of their context when it exceeds their ability to manage it effectively.