Family Wealth Continuity

David Lansky, Ph.D., a Principal Consultant with the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. has played a key role in the growth and transformation of many enterprising families, and in the business interests which they share.A clinical psychologist and family therapist by training, David spent over 15 years as a managing partner in a clinical psychology practice, where he observed the impact that personal relationships, family dynamics, and communication obstacles can have on families’ abilities to work, plan and live well together.  Today, his clients include entrepreneurial families and families of wealth, multigenerational families with shared business or financial interests, family offices and private trust companies, all of whom want to plan well for the future.A graduate of Montreal’s McGill University, David obtained his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from Rutgers University. He has served as clinical faculty member and supervisor at Northwestern University’s Family Institute and taught marital and family therapy at the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago.David is well known for his expertise in the psychology and family dynamics of multigenerational wealth having published widely on family business and family wealth, including articles in Private Wealth Magazine, Family Business Magazine, and The Family Business Advisor and  a regular column in The Journal of Practical Estate Planning.

• 1. Introduction. - 2. Learning Capacity. - 3. Familyness. - 4. Safe Communication Culture. - 5. Commitment to Personal Development. - 6. Effective Leadership of Change. - 7. Putting it All Together