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Team Blackwood
Oct 20, 2022
Conversations with Tom Deans – Ep. 6 – Transition
In Episode 6 of Conversations with Tom Deans, Tom and Pat discuss dealing with a business transition.
Team Blackwood
Sep 14, 2022
Conversations with Tom Deans – Ep. 5 – Resolving Conflict
In Episode 5 of Conversations with Tom Deans, Tom and Pat discuss litigation, fairness versus equality, and the process of wealth...
Team Blackwood
Aug 31, 2022
Conversations with Tom Deans – Ep. 4 – DIY
In Episode 4 of Conversations with Tom Deans, Tom explains the importance of using advisors when estate planning, and discusses...
Team Blackwood
Aug 10, 2022
Conversations with Tom Deans – Ep. 3 – Emotional Assets
In Episode 3 of Conversations with Tom Deans, Tom discusses how to deal with emotional assets when it comes to estate planning.
Team Blackwood
Jul 27, 2022
Conversations with Tom Deans – Ep. 2 – Sharing Wills
In Episode 2 of Conversations with Tom Deans, Pat and Tom explore the notion of sharing the will with your family members, and how it is...
Team Blackwood
May 25, 2022
Conversations with Tom Deans – Ep. 1 – Intergenerational Wealth Transfers & Will Planning
This week we are excited to be launching our interview series, Conversations with Tom Deans. Tom is an internationally renowned speaker...
Patrick O'Connor
Jan 12, 2022
Key Learnings from a 30 Generation Family Business
Read More about the Frescobaldi family business, and visit their website.
Patrick O'Connor
Oct 13, 2021
The Conflict Cycle
Pat O’Connor discusses how understanding your beliefs about conflict will help you address conflict more directly, with positive benefits...
Team Blackwood
Aug 11, 2021
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir Of A Life Interrupted
AUTHOR Suleika Jaouad DATE OF PUBLISH 2021 SYNOPSIS A searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces one young woman’s...
Patrick O'Connor
Jul 14, 2021
What Family Businesses Should Know Right Now: Intergenerational Business Transfer Bill C-208
Watch Pat O’Connor discuss how the recently enacted Intergenerational Business Transfer Bill C-208 could impact the future of your Family...
Patrick O'Connor
Mar 10, 2021
Family Governance Primer and Reminder
Read the article Getting Started with Family Governance here.
Patrick O'Connor
Feb 9, 2021
Clarifying What Estate Documents You Need
There are countless horror stories out there from families who experienced the death of a loved one only to have that pain compounded by...
Team Blackwood
Feb 9, 2021
Green Box Exercise
The “Green Box” is really a metaphor for a designated place to keep all your important planning documents so that people then know where...
Patrick O'Connor
Feb 9, 2021
Clarifying What Estate Documents You Need
Watch Pat O’Connor express the importance of having your estate documents in order. Read more about Clarifying What Estate Documents You...
Chelsea McKee-Trenchard
Feb 9, 2021
Get SMART-er with your New Year’s Resolution
Full disclosure, I have never seen Field of Dreams, but I know the signature line “build it and they will come”. I’ve been thinking about...
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