As our California Property Management firm gets settled into their new meeting routine, communication and alignment to common goals have notably improved. Family members feel valued, and though nothing on the outside has changed, daily processes are flowing smoothly, and their outcomes are over-the-...

Staying aligned to the same goals is essential to the success of any enterprise. In the case of a family business, however, there is a tendency to get off-side a little. The dynamics at play are a bit more complicated, and familiarity can quickly stand in the way of getting things done.   Property ...

Family dynamics understanding and their impacts When we left off, the Markson Family Construction Company (read Story Part 1) family dynamics was in a bit of a pickle. The patriarch of the company was in poor health and had stepped back from the day-to-day. The expectation was that his three sons wo...