Today, I am particularly honored to welcome Prof. Michael Feiner, President at Michael C. Feiner Consulting. From 2000 to 2010, Michael was Professor of Management and Ethics Fellow at Columbia Graduate School of Business, and I was lucky enough, as an MBA student at Columbia Business School in 2003, to take his High-Performance Leadership class, which in many ways has shaped me as a business leader. Prior to teaching and consulting, Michael was a senior executive at Pepsi for 20 years and was S...
Oct 12, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 16
This week, I am delighted to welcome Dr. Dennis Jaffe, Senior Research Fellow at BanyanGlobal Family Business Advisors, trusted advisor to numerous enterprise families, and celebrated author of such iconic books in our industry as the recently published Wealth 3.0: The Future of Family Wealth Advising and Borrowed from Your Grandchildren: The Evolution of 100-Year Family Enterprises . Dennis shares some of the key findings of his immense catalog of research and thought leadership in the field of...
Oct 05, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with Ellen Perry, founder and Managing Partner of Wealthbridge Partners. In 1989, Ellen co-founded GenSpring Family Offices, which became one of the leading fee-only multifamily office firms and was acquired by SunTust Bank in 2001. The GenSpring brand continues to this day as part of Truist Bank. She is the author of “A Wealth of Possibilities – Navigating Family, Money and Legacy” – a vital resource for families who seek to better understand the qualitati...
Sep 28, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 14
I am absolutely delighted to speak today with Joline Godfrey, highly respected family advisor, educator, and author of many books, including the all-time classic “Raising Financially Fit Kids”. In 1992, Joline founded An Income of Her Own, the first non-profit focused exclusively on financial education for girls and women, and subsequently started Independent Means Inc. to provide financial education to girls and boys, which was acquired in 2015. She is now the Founder of Bounce10, a brand-new s...
Sep 21, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 13
I am speaking today with Bill Benjamin, partner at the Institute for Health and Human Potential (IHHP), and an expert in emotional intelligence, performance, and leadership. Recently, Bill delivered a keynote address at the 2023 FOX Family Office & Wealth Advisor Forum in Chicago to some 130 FO professionals, which was very enthusiastically received. Bill unpacks the concept of the “Last 8%” in human behavior and interactions and outlines the characteristics and implications of building and ...
Sep 14, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 12
This week, I’m speaking with Josh Kanter, Principal at Josh Kanter Wealth Advisory Services and Founder of leaf planner. Over the past 20 years, Josh has been an “owner-operator”, leading his family’s family office and consulting with other families. He is a long-time FOX member and an active and valued contributor to the FOX community – especially by generously and frequently sharing his knowledge, connections, and insights with his fellow FOX members on our popular member-only peer-chat applic...
Sep 08, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with our very own Jeff Strese, a human capital expert and executive coach focused on family-owned business leaders and senior wealth advisors. He works as consultant at FOX to develop transformational leadership programs and support our councils with thought leadership on human capital, generational transitions, and family dynamics. Jeff also teaches in the Executive Education program at SMU’s COX School of Business based in Dallas, TX. In this podcast, Jef...
Aug 30, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 10
This week, I am excited to speak with Ken Franasiak, Chairman & CEO at Calamar Enterprises – a major privately owned full-service, vertically integrated real estate organization comprised of finance, development, construction, and asset management divisions with over 100 separate LLC’s under its umbrella. The topic of our discussion is the current state and likely future of commercial real estate both as an investment asset class and as an operating business sector. As a third-generation fam...
Aug 25, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 9
I am speaking today with Dan Tarlas, Senior Managing Director at Asset Consulting Group (ACG) – a seasoned investment consultant who has provided comprehensive investment expertise to multigenerational families for over 30 years. Dan, along with his firm, ACG, is also a long-time member of the FOX Thought Leaders Council. Dan and ACG have worked with numerous enterprise families over the decades, and he shares the insights he has accumulated on the opportunities families have to optimize the ret...
Aug 18, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Leslie Voth, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & President of Pitcairn. Leslie has been with Pitcairn for 30 years, serving in a variety of leadership roles, and is the first chairman of the board who is not part of the Pitcairn family. She is a prominent senior executive and thought leader in the multifamily-office (MFO) industry. Leslie shares the story of Pitcairn, which this year celebrates its 100th anniversary, and its evolution fro...
Aug 10, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 7
