Most business owners know that proper succession planning can help keep their business running strong into the next generation. They understand the importance of creating a plan to prepare heirs and key employees to run the business when it is time. In taking a different approach and applying the lessons learned, a list of seven “worst practices” is provided to help families prepare for an unplanned business transition.
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Knowledge is power, especially when seeking to build and maintain a strong financial foundation during these changing economic times. From this webcast, you will learn:the steps to solidify your estate plan (life plan);what to consider when selling/transferring your business; andhow to protect your financial future through various planning strategies, including careful designation of beneficiaries and charitable trusts.
When there's a pandemic and the business landscape is no longer business-as-usual, you may wonder how best to proceed—how to keep going and find ways to not just survive but thrive. In this webinar with a spotlight on technology, we explore the ways to improve performance and how better information leads to better decisions. In addition, you can download the five steps toward empowering your operations today.
As the fast-moving tax reform train continues to pick up speed, Travis Lucas joins host Damien Martin in boiling down the thousands of pages of recently introduced proposed legislative text. Find out what the tax proposals might mean for you, your business, and your family.
On September 13, 2021, the House Ways and Means Committee released draft legislation that proposes a series of tax increases and tax cuts, which will undergo a round of markups by the Committee. Most tax proposals were anticipated, including the tax increase in capital gains; however, the Committee provided a few surprises.
Board oversight is critical in the management of cybersecurity as a whole, but especially for ransomware, since the increase in attacks year-over-year is up as much as 715% according to a study by Cyber Florida at the University of South Florida. If it isn’t already, cybersecurity should be on your board agenda at every meeting. As a starting point, the board needs to understand the layers of defense available to mitigate ransomware risk and design their responses to the threats accordingly.
In this podcast, two industry experts discuss how boards’ oversight of data governance within their organizations is changing to meet the opportunities and risk in the rapidly evolving digital space in which organizations are conducting their business. The key takeaways:
As an uncertain business environment persists, board directors face multiple obstacles: new regulatory changes, issues related to globalization and digital acceleration, the rise of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors being linked to company performance, and more. They are also grappling with the expanding roles and responsibilities. This survey explores the strategies public company boards of directors are considering, including how they plan to pursue growth and increase transparency around strategic shifts.
Protect your organization against cybersecurity. Be cyber smart and learn more about combatting ransomware in the time of COVID-19, how cybersecurity continues to be a top issue for retirement plans, and how to assess the gaps in your cyber coverage and reduce your exposure.
Are family businesses really more resilient, agile, and adaptable than other business types? And, if so, have they been able to tackle the challenges of COVID-19 better than most and, perhaps, emerged even stronger? In this report learn how family businesses across the world are mastering a comeback in their businesses and triumphing over COVID-19 to help lead a global economic recovery. The insights revealed are instructive for family firms of all sizes, sectors, and operating models.