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Tony Oppenheimer
Seminar Series
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For Women Only: What The Good Old Boys Might Forget To Tell You (Or Didn’t Know)
Many of the world’s wealthy are women. These women face unique issues, decisions, and needs. This seminar and open discussion addresses these particular obstacles. If you’re a woman who’s worked hard to get where she is, or if you have inherited y … -
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 … -
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 … -
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 … -
Successful Successions
What are the choices for succession in your family leadership? There’s always the palace coup, or the basic survivor’s option in some civilizations: succession by assassination. Would you not be better off with good Family Planning?There’s healt …
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Create a Family Council
Developing a family council to monitor family dynamics, govern the family enterprises and practice good communication is one of the keys to success in creating the legacy family. The Family Council has four main goals: Provides Leadership Throu … -
Finding Your Own Size When You Are Surrounded by Larger Than Life Figures
How do you live up to the legacy of your father, mother, matriarch or patriarch? Can you find your own niche in life, or are you shrinking in the shadow of your larger than life family member(s)? This delicate issue is discussed from the perspecti … -
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 … -
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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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 … -
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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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 …
