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FFI Practitioner: Most Popular Articles from the First Quarter of 2025
We hope you’ve been enjoying the articles published in FFI Practitioner so far this year. This week, we’re pleased to share the most popular editions from the second quarter of 2024!
Family Constitutions to Guide Founders, Owners, Families, and Advisors
Thank you to co-authors William Kambas and Linda Meade for this week’s FFI Practitioner, which begins a periodic series of editions dedicated to topics related to private trust companies.
Crafting a Sustainable Legacy Plan Using the Enneagram
In this week’s FFI Practitioner, FFI Asian Circle Virtual Study Group member Aik-Ping Ng discusses how family enterprise advisors can use the Enneagram, a personality assessment tool, to help guide their clients through conflict and improve communication.
Curiosity as a Practice: Lessons from Japan and beyond
Thank you to Doutzen Groothof and Don Optatrny for this week’s edition of FFI Practitioner. Doutzen and Don recently traveled to Japan, and this journey gave them a renewed appreciation for the power of curiosity, both in family advisory practice and beyond.
The Rising Role of Women in Family Offices and Family Businesses: A Podcast Interview with Sasha Lund, Jessica McGawley, and Larisa Miller
FFI Practitioner is pleased to feature a podcast conversation with Sasha Lund, Jessica McGawley, and Larisa Miller, discussing a recently published Special Report from Globe Law and Business publisher: The Rising Role of Women in Family Offices and Family Businesses.
FFI Practitioner Articles We Love: GEN Faculty Member Helena von der Esch
Continuing our curated editions this year, we have asked FFI GEN faculty members to choose their favorite articles or podcasts for our “Articles and Podcasts We Love” series.
Fires and Storms: Navigating Disasters in Single-Family Offices
In this week’s edition of FFI Practitioner, Matthew Erskine explores how the principles of disaster theory can be adapted for single-family offices.
Sustaining Family Legacies: What Family Enterprises Can Learn from Asset Management Firms
Thank you to Isabella Otero, PhD, for this article discussing the benefits available to clients who consider management of the family firm holistically, approaching it as a diversified portfolio rather than a single business.
Exiting the Family Business Is as Tricky as Leaving Your Lover
Thank you to FFI Fellow Patricia Annino, member of the 2025 Conference Program Committee, for this article about the many complexities to consider when a client wants to leave a family enterprise.