Meghan Juday

Ten years is half a generation—a long enough time frame that a ten-year vision will help guide families through major transitions, but a short enough

A family’s mission statement documents who you are today, what your priorities are, and how you agree to interact with one another. It spells out

Family values are a statement about the fundamental agreements of a family. This provides a framework, based on an agreement that helps a family set

Often, people think of closeness and unity with a family as being solely about their social events. Do they get together when the work is done?

When people think about what kind of legacy they’ll leave after they die, they usually think about financial legacies—property, a family business or trust funds.

Many families think that a 4th or 5th generation business-owning family should act and feel like a 1st generation family. That leads to strain and

In family business literature, I have read with alarm that it’s fine to have family branch representation on the board or on the family council.

I had a conversation a few years ago with a family member of a large family business who told me she didn’t see the point

Many family councils are struggling to address the challenges they’re facing. Many feel pulled between competing agendas—managing all the short-term and long-term work of the