Family Legacy And Leadership

Hamilton and Daniell have creatively taught us how to weave together the threads of lineage that create family legacy. They have also clarified the vision of what family leaders look like who are the master weavers of such threads. This all leads toward teaching us how to create and guide our families, and those we serve, to seven and more generations of successful, generative and flourishing lives as individuals and as family. We owe their work a deep debt of gratitude and a bow of appreciation. James (Jay) E. Hughes, Jr. Author, Family: The Compact Among Generations Mark Daniell and Sara Hamilton have written a book that will become a real reference for families wishing to establish a long-term strategy for building an enduring legacy for generations. It contains a wealth of ideas, strategy prescriptions, case histories, and anecdotes that will give the family leader and members of the “tribe” a true guide to building a system that will endure the test of time. I recommend it to families in Asia and beyond. Dr. Victor K. Fung Chairman, Li & Fung Group This is a superb book––unique and full of examples––on the vision of legacy and the role of family leadership. It is also a comprehensive guide to risk management with a special spirit for wise risk-taking. Daniell and Hamilton draw on the unique experience of the Family Office Exchange and its many hundreds of members and scores of studies to define the role of family leadership more fully and inspiringly than ever. This book makes the challenges vivid and the path clear for successful families to preserve both their wealth and their purpose. John L. Ward Principal, The Family Business Consulting Group Family Legacy and Leadership is an innovative, useful blend of theory and practice; and of the hard and soft issues that families face. It offers ideas, insights, and tools that will help families of all types find their path through change. Melissa A. Berman President & CEO, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Preserving True Family Wealth in Challenging Times is the successor to Family Legacy and Leadership, a highly acclaimed wealth management book. Like its predecessor, this book looks at the essential challenges and practical approaches legacy families and their leaders can take to ensure that all aspects of their greater family enterprise -- family, business, philanthropy and other initiatives -- work well now and for long into the future.The book begins with an understanding that true family wealth includes, but also goes well beyond, financial assets. It discusses in detail topics such as family unity, harmony and security, a clear statement of purpose, vision and values, effective family governance, leadership and succession, and full consideration of the challenges and opportunities for the journey across different generations, between branches and for individual family members. Real world examples and practical approaches are set out for the reader's review and potential application. Focusing on both human and commercial aspects of legacy families, the book aims to provide guidance and proven approaches to the non-commercial aspects of wealthy families and their potential long-term success, reflecting an understanding that the families that are most likely to prosper long into the future address both the commercial and non-commercial aspects of family and family sustainability in equal measure.Drawing from many decades working with leading families around the world who have understood and mastered many of the most important challenges families face today, the two authors bring their collective expertise and experience to all families and their leaders who aspire to create the best possible future for their own families in these challenging times.

Preserving True Family Wealth in Challenging Times is the successor to Family Legacy and Leadership, a highly acclaimed wealth management book. Like its predecessor, this book looks at the essential challenges and practical approaches legacy families and their leaders can take to ensure that all aspects of their greater family enterprise -- family, business, philanthropy and other initiatives -- work well now and for long into the future.The book begins with an understanding that true family wealth includes, but also goes well beyond, financial assets. It discusses in detail topics such as family unity, harmony and security, a clear statement of purpose, vision and values, effective family governance, leadership and succession, and full consideration of the challenges and opportunities for the journey across different generations, between branches and for individual family members. Real world examples and practical approaches are set out for the reader's review and potential application. Focusing on both human and commercial aspects of legacy families, the book aims to provide guidance and proven approaches to the non-commercial aspects of wealthy families and their potential long-term success, reflecting an understanding that the families that are most likely to prosper long into the future address both the commercial and non-commercial aspects of family and family sustainability in equal measure.Drawing from many decades working with leading families around the world who have understood and mastered many of the most important challenges families face today, the two authors bring their collective expertise and experience to all families and their leaders who aspire to create the best possible future for their own families in these challenging times.

In Beyond the Name you will learn to: Recognize and address functional dysfunction Adopt a performance-driven mindset that builds business and grows sales Become intentional about enculturation Define a leadership identity Build on the "force multiplier" concept to develop a defined strategy"

This generational leadership story illuminates the amazing career of Yvon Madec and his family’s historical legacy in oyster farming. Madec has forged his career while simultaneously mentoring his daughter, Caroline, who works side by side with her father at their Brittany, France oyster farm. Their story offers food enthusiasts and leadership professionals a unique tutorial on family centered leadership and succession planning in French gastronomy. In this multi-generational profile, Yvon Madec and his family legacy is uncovered through discovery of their unique regional terroir, the ocean and aber products they yield. We will look deep into Yvon’s craft as an oysterman and the leadership composition of father and daughter, divided by generations, yet unified by a common interest in refinement and perfection.

Children in today's world are inundated with information about who to be, what to do and how to live. But what if there was a way to teach children how to manage priorities, focus on goals and be a positive influence on the world around them? The Leader in Meis that programme. It's based on a hugely successful initiative carried out at the A.B. Combs Elementary School in North Carolina. To hear the parents of A. B Combs talk about the school is to be amazed. In 1999, the school debuted a programme that taught The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleto a pilot group of students. The parents reported an incredible change in their children, who blossomed under the programme. By the end of the following year the average end-of-grade scores had leapt from 84 to 94. This book will launch the message onto a much larger platform. Stephen R. Covey takes the 7 Habits, that have already changed the lives of millions of people, and shows how children can use them as they develop. Those habits -- be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek to understand and then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw -- are critical skills to learn at a young age and bring incredible results, proving that it's never too early to teach someone how to live well.

The paths that leaders walk significantly influence their success, offering differential opportunities and challenges. While conventional wisdom suggests that leadership styles and approaches may be equally effective across all situations, more recent research demonstrates the importance of employing strategies more specifically aligned with the context. This book offers critical insights and strategies, currently missing from the repertoire of leaders and their supporters, for managing across six distinct paths into leadership positions: promoted, hired, elected, appointed, founded, and family legacy. It illustrates lessons drawn from within and across paths, presented through themes, quotes, and stories drawn from interviews with over 60 successful leaders (executives, politicians, entrepreneurs, and more). While it is evident that these paths differ, those who study, hire, mentor, and coach leaders rarely consider the distinctions, nor suggest what may be learned across the paths. The emerging leaders, HR professionals, researchers, and coaches among the book’s readers will learn not only from those who have walked one particular path, but also from the experiences of those trekking in other directions. Most leaders will cross from one path to another over the course of their career. Some executives interviewed for the book worked their way up the ladder in one company, only to be recruited to fill a C-suite position in another company. Others were appointed to high-level government positions after stints as elected officials. The authors identify major distinctions when moving across the six paths. By reading this book, leaders and those who support them will develop greater self-awareness about each path so they can better leverage and manage their new challenges and opportunities from the first day in their new leadership position.

Whatever your position, if you influence change in the lives of those around you, you are engaged in an act of leadership. And if you are a leader in any sense, you are creating a legacy as you live your daily life. That legacy is the sum total of the difference you make in the lives of others. Will you consciously craft your legacy or simply leave it up to chance? Through an insightful parable, Your Leadership Legacy shows how to create a positive, empowering legacy that will endure and inspire. You'll learn that, as a leader, the legacy you live is the legacy you leave. Three Leadership Imperatives—dare to be a person, not a position; dare to connect; and dare to drive the dream—will guide you in creating a positive and lasting legacy.