Enterprising Families Podcast

Kate Bright shares on Exploring Safety and security. In families and our communities. About: As Founder and CEO of Umbra International Group, Kate has unparalleled expertise working with Private and Family Offices as well as the security sector. She is uniquely positioned to deliver and advise on living a Secure Lifestyle and the development of a protected way of living. Her view is that security...

Emma Rudge shares on Generational Transitioning in the Family Governance process. Why our past can help us shape our future. About: Emma Rudge Family business consultant at the Family Business Consultancy Works with UK and international business families on generational transition, establishing family governance, managing family dynamics, integrating the next generation and more Runs next generati...

Jeremy Cheng shares on Family Education and Career Development for Enterprising Families About: Jeremy Cheng , FFI Fellow, ACFBA, ACFWA, is Founder of GEN+ Family Business Advisory and Research and PhD student at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is Founding Chair of the FFI Asian Circle and a faculty member for GEN 501: Myths, Realities, and Trends in the Field of Family Enterprise.

Franco Lombardo shares on Safe Space: Governance in Action.  About: Francesco Lombardo is a much-sought after international speaker and trusted advisor who has coached some of the world’s most successful and affluent families for over twenty years. He has spoken at Campden Conferences, Institutional Investor, YPO/WPO Chapters and Forum Groups,The Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners an...

Ken McCracken shares on the importance of Natural Governance within a family business.  About: Ken McCracken is a leading family business consultant and teacher, based in the United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of the Family Firm Institute (FFI), the international organisation for family business professionals and academics and is a past recipient of the FFI Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary...

Martin Stepek shares on The importance of mindfulness in family conversations. How this can impact the results of governance. About: Martin Stepek combines expertise in mindfulness, family businesses, poetry, and family heritage. He sees all four as complementary and corelated. His career has seen him co-own and direct his father’s family business, one of Scotland’s top 500 businesses, as well as...

Mairi Mickel shares on Securing the Future of your family business legacy - how to co-create Competent Owners in the next generation About: Mairi is a Family Business advisor and has founded her own consultancy specialising in succession planning with UK multi-generational business families. She is a previous main Board director and 4th generation owner of Mactaggart & Mickel Group. She also h...

Randy Waesche shares on the importance of understanding wealth and how it influences decisions as well as the decision making process for Family Businesses. About: Randy Waesche has spent his 42 years as a financial consulting pioneer guiding Resource Management, LLC. to national prominence.  He is active professionally and, in the community, serving on numerous committees and Boards.  P...

Jessica McGawley shares on Education of Next Gen should happen earlier, and why?  About: Jessica is the Principal and Founder of Dallington Associates. She is the port of call for all parents and students, guiding them throughout the entire process from relocation through to graduation and beyond. Jessica is experienced in the challenges and opportunities faced by international students....

Paul Andrews shares on what keeps Family Businesses United. About: Brought up in a family business Paul has continued to work with them throughout his career, from audit clients to developing a family business consultancy service to them for Grant Thornton, to being the non-family MD of one and then establishing a leading family business resource centre, developing an online family business commun...

Pete Walsh shares on Generating trust and having frank and meaningful discussions. About: For over 20 years, Pete Walsh has been helping people reach new levels of results by mixing fun, hard work, and an unwavering commitment to personal development. Pete provides Executive and Business Coaching for leaders and teams that are committed to reaching the highest levels of business results and person...

Lee Thistlethwaite shares on Risk Management for Families of Wealth and Family Enterprises About: Lee Thistlethwaite has enjoyed a 30 year career in international corporate and private banking. He retired from banking in 2003. Since then he has worked as an independent consultant to families of wealth, first based in Geneva and then from 2012 based in London. Today, Lee is the founder and owner of...

 Dennis T. Jaffe, Ph. D. shares on How to build a 100 year Family About: Dr. Jaffe, a member of Wise Counsel Research, is a San Francisco-based advisor to families about family business, governance, wealth and philanthropy. He is author of Borrowed from Your Grandchildren: The Evolution of 100-Year Family Enterprises; Cross Cultures: How Global Families Negotiate Change Across Generations ; S...

Keith Drewery shares on the Global changes and how they affect Family Businesses. NB*** Keith's views on this podcast are his own. Keith Drewery Director, Family and Private, Enterprise, KPMG Australia Keith is a Director in the Family and Private Clients practice and a trusted adviser to privately held businesses and family enterprises. Keith works with multi-generation families going through suc...

Edouard Thijssen shares on Technology and how it works for Family Business Governance. About: Edouard Thijssen is one of the co-founders of TrustedFamily. With a passion for technology and innovation, he identified a gap in the market for a communications platform constructed specially for a niche, affluent group to communicate efficiently in a secure manner. Age 21, he established TrustedFamily....

Ian Marsh shares on Tackling Difficult Conversations as a family especially in the Family Governance process.  About: Ian Marsh worked with business families for more than 40 years, first as adviser and litigator, later as trustee and confidant, and then as mediator and facilitator. During that time, he became fascinated by why smart, well educated, well meaning people who love one another of...

Daniel Van Der Vliet shares on Silver Linings amidst turmoil About: Dan Van Der Vliet is Executive Director of the Smith Family Business Initiative at Cornell University. Founded in 2014 from a generous gift from John and Dyan Smith, the Smith Family Business Initiative provides education, networking and research for family business owners, successors and students from across the globe. Previously...

Susanne Bansgrove shares on the roles and journey of Women in Family Business. About: Susanne Bransgrove’s passion for Family Businesses is built on her experience as a 3rd generation member of a successful German business, allowing her to truly understand the range of issues that exist in a family business, especially when trying to meet the needs of multiple generations. Over the many years work...

Kris Putnam-Walkerly shares on Philanthropy and Delusional Altruism. About: Kris Putnam-Walkerly is a trusted advisor to the world’s leading philanthropists. For more than 20 years, wealthy families, ultra-high net worth donors, foundations, Fortune 500 companies, and celebrity activists have sought and benefited from her advice to transform their giving and catapult their impact. As President of...

Trevor Dickinson shares on succession planning and conflict resolution. About: Trevor currently holds the position as Executive Chairman of Dickinson Group of Companies, a leading Asset Integrity Management and Industrial Solutions. The company is customer centric, focusing on helping our industrial customers optimising their maintenance costs and improving plant performance. We strive to achieve...

Thomasina Williams shares on importance of legacy in a family business. Focusing on how heritage can strengthen the business and the family. About: Thomasina H. Williams serves as a Strategic Thought Partner, Consultant and Coach to Enterprising Families.  She works with clients to advance generational success as their family legacy, by being as intentional in developing their family’s human...

We all know family stories are critical to family heritage and family governance. Guillermo Salazar goes in depth and unpacks this topic. About Guilllermo : Guillermo Salazar is an expert on corporate governance, and the strategic planning of succession and family patrimony. He has served as advisor for numerous business families on their protocols, generational transition, alignment of family vis...

We all know that in family business that recruitment decisions are sometimes made without proper consideration but more of emotive feelings. We discuss how to handle employment of family and ensuring both the business and the family remain intact. About Isabel : Isabel C. Botero, Ph. D., is the Director of the Family Business Center and an associate professor of entrepreneurship at the University...

In this episode we dig deep into discussing what causes families to hesitate when discussing certain subjects and how this can be tackled in a way that enhances communication and helps family unity. About Tiffany Harnsongkram: Tiffany’s mission is to create ‘meaningful wealth’, through the organisation of high profile private Family Office events globally. She curates leading expertise on topics t...

Family Legacy Advisor Steve Legler joins Tsitsi Mutendi to discuss the Great expectations in Enterprising Families. About Steve Legler : Steve Legler is a Family Legacy Advisor based in Montreal, Canada. He grew up in a business family, destined to take over the company his father had founded before he was born. After an unexpected liquidity event that occurred while he was still in his 20’s, he e...