Resources: Business Harmonizer Group, Family Business Succession, Family Business Conflict Resolution, Family Business Facilitator - Vancouver

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Business Harmonizer™

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Published Articles

Fuzzy Roles Lead To Business Tension (PDF), Business In Vancouver, March 1-7, 2011

Putting The "Success" In Succession: Addressing The Silent Barriers (PDF), CMA Management, April 2010

Unique Challenges Face The Generations That Work Together Running The Family Business. (PDF), Vancouver Sun, March 20, 2010; Regina Leader Post, March 13, 2010; New Brunswick Business Journal, March 13, 2010; Edmonton Journal, March 13, 2010

What's Your Succession Plan? (PDF), Canadian Grocer, January 2010

Overcoming the Silent Barriers (PDF), Douglas Magazine, February 2009

Communication and Commitment (PDF); Family Business Magazine, Summer, 2009.

Low Morale, Stalled Productivity, Apathy: Could Silent Barriers be Undermining Your Business Success? canadaone.com, March 2009; archives.

Leadership in Action: The Four-step Program to Identify & Address Silent Barriers to Business Success; canadaone.com, April, 2009; archives.

Family Tools (PDF), excerpt from the National Post, Essential Guide For Entrepreneurs. Published in the March edition of Profit and Canadian Business Magazine March 26, 2007.

Presentations

Canadian Association of Family Enterprise, National Symposiums
› CAFE National Symposium; Personal Advisory Group Best Practices, May 2004, Victoria, BC
› CAFE National PAG Leadership Conference; January 2004, Calgary, Alberta

Canadian Association of Family Enterprise, Vancouver Chapter
› Communication Barriers and Breakthroughs, October 2006
› Personal Advisory Group Training; August 2005
› Embracing Change As A Family Business Tradition, April 2005
› Personal Advisory Group Training; October 2004
› Leadership Challenge for Families In Business, April 2003
› Personal Advisory Group Training; March 2003
› Power and Tradition in Business Families, April 2002
› Personal Advisory Group Training; April 2001
› Tools for Practical Family Business Conversations, May 2000
› Tools for Practical Family Business Conversations, October 1999

Canadian Association of Family Enterprise, Vancouver Island Chapter
› Building the Best Strategic Pathways - A Practical Approach to Strategic Planning for Business Families, November 2008
› Challenges To Sibling Teams, January 2008

Canadian Association of Family Enterprise, Okanagan Chapter
› Challenges to Sibling Teams, October 2008

The Succession Network, Vancouver, BC
› Business Transition Seminar - How To Buy A Business: Addressing The Silent Barriers, November 2010
› Succession Seminar - Exit This Way: Addressing The Silent Barriers, November 2009
› How To Sell Your Business - Addressing The Silent Barriers, February 2009
› How To Sell Your Business - Addressing The Silent Barriers, November 2008
› How To Buy A Business - Addressing The Silent Barriers, March 2008

Pacific Business and Law Institute, Vancouver, BC
› Promoting Family Business Harmony, January 2008
› Succession Planning for the Family Business, September 2007

British Columbia Library Association, Vancouver, BC
› Strategies for Leading and Managing Change, April 2003
› Creative Leadership, October 2002

Canadian Library Association Annual Conference
› Overcoming the Silent Barriers - Revisited, May 2007, St. John, New Foundland
› Living Leadership Values From the Inside Out, June 2004, Victoria, BC

Council of BC Post Secondary Library Directors, Vancouver, BC
› Rediscovering the Essence of Leadership, November 2002

Public Library Association International Conference, Boston, Mass. USA
› Overcoming The Silent Barriers, May 2006

Retail Confectioners Institute, Regional Conference, Vancouver, BC
› Going For The Gold Metals of Leadership, October 2004

Purdy's Chocolates, Inc., Vancouver, BC
› Practical Leadership for Managers, October 2003