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Tony Oppenheimer
Seminar Series
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Stepping Down From The Pedestal
Do you have a fear of heights? Are you afraid to step off the pedestal that you have created and tell your family that not every decision that you made was successful?Tell them how you took huge risks and went broke twice before the oil well cam …
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Develop a 100-Year Plan: Set Your Family On The Road To Survival and Success
No one can predict a natural disaster or act of war that directly impacts your business. Likewise, no one can predict the internal conflicts that can destroy family unity and prosperity. If you have a strong foundation and a long-term plan from wh … -
Are You a Strategic Planner or a Hired Gun
How do you attract and retain wealthy clients? Do you know the names of the next generation? When your client says that he wants to throw Billy out of his will and make his son John CEO of the family company, do you ask questions or do you just ta … -
Planning Retreats With A Facilitator
Why should you have a retreat? The dining room table is NOT a no-fly zone. A retreat will give your family the liberating experience that clarifies goals and offers all parties a relaxed, neutral, comfortable atmosphere to discuss issues of the fa … -
Successful and Unsuccessful Estate Planning
Estate planning challenges our concept of our selves. Inevitably it leads to succession planning, raises issues concerning family dynamics, and forces us to consider our own mortality. The process can be confusing, time consuming and expensive.M …
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Selling the Family Company?
Consider that your family has been through the succession process with family counselors, attorneys, tax specialists, hired guns and most trusted advisors. It has become patently obvious to the casual observer that your family business will become … -
Maximizing Succession Success While Beating The Odds of Failure
You have your own jet, and you are a recognized name brand. You have seven children from three spouses. Yet none of your children have developed leadership or coping skills. What is the only common denominator …YOU! Do you practice succession sabo … -
Training The Next Generation: How to be Responsible Not Entitled With Managing Wealth
The responsibility of wealth falls on the shoulders of both parents and children. The term "idle rich" is a cliché. The effects of non-productivity are well documented. Explore the options of giving money to our children: from giving an allowance … -
Your Magnificent Art Collection
You and your spouse have been collecting for the best years of your life. You have grown passionate about the art of collecting and are truly proud of your magnificent Art Collection. Impassioned collectors have spent their whole life gathering and … -
The Perils of Being a Family Trustee
You are flattered that your father or mother has asked you to be a Trustee for their estate. Oppenheimer was selected by his father to be the trustee for his estate. However when the will was read he discovered that one of his three brothers had b … -
Family Dynamics: Survival Course
Et tu Brute? The Hatfield’s and McCoy’s. This series is about Good and Bad Family Dynamics in Action. Oppenheimer uses his own family’s extensive family dynamics as a case study. There is no depth to which a loving family will not sink when sabota … -
Investment Basics for Foundation Board Members
The IPS is a written statement, formally adopted by a Board, that states a foundation’s mission and goals and how investment policy and practices will help achieve those goals. The IPS will include a list of assumptions and expectations; constrain …
