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Leading Global Family Enterprise Membership Association Awards Distinguished Certificate Ian Macnaughton of TransitionPoint Consulting has been awarded the FFI GEN (Global Education Network) Advanced Certificate in Family Business Advising (ACFBA) by the Family Firm Institute. The certificate is presented to …
An introduction to SAVI®— the System for Analyzing Verbal Interaction By Claudia Byram, Ph.D. and Ian Macnaughton, Ph.D. (This article was first published in the Spring 2013 issue of Insights into Clinical Counselling, the Journal of of the BC Association of …
SAVI ® – System for Analyzing Verbal Interaction SAVI is straightforward to understand, providing simple techniques for describing and mapping all aspects of a conversation. By studying this method, you learn to differentiate between the content of communication —WHAT you’re …
When a business decision becomes a family problem – Stephen imagined his 65th birthday party at his son Kevin’s home would fill him with a sense of achievement. He and his wife, Gloria, just five years younger, had built their …
In September 2012, I co-presented a ninety-minute webinar for the Canadian Association of Family Enterprise. It was attended by forty-five members and a recording of the webinar is available on CAFE’s website. It is for members of family businesses and …
In June 2012 I attended the International Family Enterprise Research Academy in Bordeaux, France. The theme of the conference was Emotional Family Dynamics in the Family Business. 150 people, researchers, family business members and advisors from twenty countries, attended the …
Managing family dynamics is key to maintain both business success and preserving family wealth.
A manual for designing a balanced and compelling future for your family.
A family council is a way of holding family meetings—and can be particularly useful when making key decisions.
The succession planning process requires time, resources and scheduling—just as running the business does.
When we learn to stop using unproductive ways of communicating, we open up real possibility for agreement.
Foster productive business and family interactions with these powerful communication techniques.
When you see the family as an interconnected system, it becomes easier to transform conflict into connection.