Family + Shared Ownership
We guide you through complexity
Families who share assets must successfully manage the joining of their emotional & financial lives. Relative Solutions guides families through the difficult questions that emerge from the shared risks & opportunities that impact their lives together.
Recent Articles & Blog Posts
Letting Go of Being Right to Build Better Connections
Have you ever been in a conversation with someone hose focus was entirely on convincing you that they were right? In family enterprises, this pattern can be especially costly. Fortunately, this pattern can be shifted through small deliberate changes in how you show up.
The Family Intelligence Quotient
Have you ever had a sense that there is something unseen that keeps getting in the way of your family’s progress? FQ, or Family Intelligence, helps families to recognize how emotional dynamics and economic decisions shape one another and to develop the skills, processes, and habits to navigate those challenges with more connection and clarity.
What to Do When Your In-Laws Want You to Join the Family Business
A woman asked the Dear Abby column: “How do I tell my in-laws I don’t want to work in the family business?” Abby’s advice: Smile politely, state your position, then change the subject. Polite answers might end a conversation, but they don’t resolve the pattern - how can you respond to shift the dynamic?
