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A recent study by Nicolas Kachaner, George Stalk and Alain Bosch published in Harvard Business Review (Nov. 2012) indicates family-run businesses have an innate advantage over other models. Read More

Imagine walking through the produce section in your local grocery store. Your feet slip from under you. You hit the floor. Read More

Wisdom results from our application of knowledge, from using what we know to change (or intentionally stabilize) a situation, alter the life of another, or accomplish something that had not yet been considered. Read More

Many of us have spent the past month or so watching the government shutdown, the debt ceiling debate and the rollout of the Affordable Care Act. Read More

I heard a term years ago used to describe some highly educated people. Read More

Financial literacy — the knowledge of financial matters needed to make informed judgments and decisions on the management of money — has become an increasingly important skill for anyone making decisions in today’s economy. Read More

Government shut-downs. Bipartisan bickering. Concerns over health care and the next fiscal cliff. That's a lot for your representatives to worry about. Read More

Far too many people believe having the ability to converse is the same as being able to communicate. Read More

I spent the last week of September in Canada attending the BDO Canada tax conference. Read More

I was picking blackberries for my breakfast and thinking about how fortunate I am to be able to spend time in such an idyllic environment. Read More