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"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success."

-Henry Ford

 

Family Meeting

Yes, you can plan a dynamic family meeting with agreeable outcomes.

Most families meet together, usually for social events. For families with a business or foundation, they will need to make decisions and eventually work together as business partners. This is unfamiliar territory and can become a minefield. We have ways through it.

Years of experience in meeting management and facilitating different generations have taught us the nuances of individuals meeting together as a family. Family meetings can be an effective bridge between being a family and being a board of directors. Imagine your meetings as a ramp to what’s ahead, a microcosm of what working together will be like.

Managing business meetings where people are related to one another is an art. It requires knowledge of learning styles, family emotional process, managing anxiety in groups and brain functioning. We create informal meetings that run smoothly where good decisions can be made and implemented, because we plan and re-plan intensely with our clients before the meeting begins. This permits us a range of flexibility during the meeting that wouldn’t be possible without the careful planning.

If you wonder if you can plan a dynamic family meeting with agreeable outcomes, Yes, you can.