Legacy: Navigating Family Business

Welcome to one of the #1 challenges for family business owners: How to achieve work-life balance.  The quest for work-life balance can sometimes feel like the search for the “holy grail” in family business. Join me as I share a few reasons why finding work-life balance can feel so difficult and how we can start to shift our awareness & perspective to begin feeling more clarity & balance ri...

Join me as we move more deeply into this month’s discussion of “Finding your ‘Why’” in Family Business. This week I’m talking about how you can begin to alchemize your personal “why” with your family business’s “why” to create a deeper, more soul driven purpose for you and your business – creating lasting legacy during your time together on this planet. Interested in learning more about finding YO...

Join me as we move into the month of August and exploring all things related to “Finding Your ‘Why’”(H/T Simon Sinek)  in Family Business. This week I begin by talking about WHY it’s important to find (or remember) your “why” – and why that can actually be a little trickier for those of us taking over Family Businesses.  Interested in learning more about finding YOUR why? Just go to www.thelegacye...

Part 2 of our series on Self-Care is coming in a week late because… well, self-care!  Join me as I share what shifted in our home last week and learn what self-care practices I used to regulate my nervous system – bringing harmony & authentic alignment back into my work & family business.  Today’s Episode is all about exploring the depth & breadth of actual real life self-care practice...

You are your company’s most valuable asset. It’s time to invest accordingly.  Join me for Part 1 of Self-Care Month at Legacy. This week we’re talking all things self-care – and while there’s a lot of “buzz” about self-care on the internet & on the tongues of nearly every popular thought leader you come across, I think there’s a lot missing in those posts & memes. So this week we’re gettin...

I know firsthand how daunting it can feel to realize we can’t “Life-Hack” our way out of some of the unique challenges we face as Women in Business. But here’s some good news — you don’t have to figure it all out on our own! Join me as I share a few “stepping-stones” to build more support for ourselves as women in business.

If the current systems of “support” aren’t really cutting it for family businesses, then they’re REALLY not cutting it for women in family business! Whether you’re working in your family’s multi-generation family business or you’re creating your own family business legacy for the future, Ladies, this one is for you! Join me as we discuss where & why mainstream advice & coaching is letting...

Join us (Anne & Andrea) for a little “behind the scenes” look at how our decision to work together - both on this podcast and with Legacy’s work in the world – came to be. We talk openly honestly about our worries & concerns, as well at the many perks & benefits! And we share three vital structural steps to helpful support any personal-to-professional partnership. And if you’d like to...

Why do apologies (& forgiveness) feel so sticky – especially in family business? Join me as we explore why we don’t really “do” apologies in American business culture – and why learning to shift how we relate to apologies & forgiveness for ourselves and for our families & relationships can create more space, flow & freedom for everyone moving forward. Special thanks to Louiza (Weez...

As someone who falls solidly into the categories of “introverted” and “empathic,” I used to think that feeling exhausted was an unavoidable byproduct of spending time with people. Anyone else relate? But what if it doesn’t have to be that way? What if we just need to learn how to cultivate healthier energetic boundaries? In this episode we start to explore what it really means to have healthy ener...

This week’s episode is a longer one – but so worth the time as Andrea & I dive deeply into the energetic structure of families & family businesses during times of transition! We explore how & why the quality of our connections change as the roles in our family & family business shift – and provide some guidance as to how bringing our awareness to this subtle but vital aspect of our...

I wanted to follow-up last week’s episode with this one because talking about agreements is so important – and sometimes tricky to navigate! Whether we realize it or not, we (as social & relational human beings) are all operating in a way that adheres to the agreements that have been established in our relationships, in our workplace, and in our society. And as our roles & relationships gr...

This week we’re diving into a topic that is one of my all time favorites! Having hard conversations is simultaneously one of the most important AND more challenging parts of owning & operating a business with your family. In this episode, I outline my 5-steps to having difficult (yet meaningful) conversations in your business, your family, and your life – and how to use these steps to set your...

You did the thing! YAY!!     Now what? Join us as Andrea and I round out our 4-part series about the process of transition with Bruce Feiler’s final step from his book Life is in the Transitions: “The New Beginning.” It’s what Martha Beck refers to as “Square Three” and “Square Four” in her “Change Cycle” and, as you may have guessed, it’s not quite as simple as just checking a box and moving on....

This is a little longer than the previous ones (lasting nearly 1 hour) but bear with us because it’s full of such good stuff! We continue our four-part series talking all about the process of transitions by moving into the next phase and delve more deeply into Square 2 of Martha Beck’s “Change Cycle” and what Bruce Feiler calls “The Messy Middle” (in his book Life is in the Transitions.) For most...

In this Episode, we dive more deeply into the first phase of any transition – it’s what Bruce Feiler calls “The Long Goodbye” (from his book Life is in the Transitions)  and what Martha Beck calls “Square One” in “The Chance Cycle.” Letting go can be challenging but understanding how essential it is to the transition process can really help. Plus we offer some tips & tools to make navigating T...

Family businesses make up nearly 2/3rd of all businesses worldwide and despite that staggering number, the families who own & operate those family businesses can feel deeply lonely and unsupported as they navigate the intricacies & challenges of running a business with those closest to you. The Legacy Podcast is here to change all that! Join me, Anne Bauer, as I chat a bit about why I crea...

Join me, Anne Bauer, as I chat a bit about why I created The Legacy Podcast – and why I wish I’d had something like this when I took over my own 6th Generation family business over a decade ago! I’m also joined by our podcast producer & researcher extraordinaire, Andrea Coombs, as we dive a little deeper into some of the challenges (and opportunities!) that arise for family businesses – especi...

Welcome to The Legacy Podcast! Join me (and our amazing podcast producer, Andrea Coombs) as we dive into all things related to Family Business transitions. Whether you’re transitioning from one generation to the next or looking to take your business in a new direction, the process of transition can be as uncomfortable as it is unavoidable! But understanding a bit about how transitions unfold (as w...