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Why do we avoid conversation? Underneath the silence sit several questions the senior generation often hasn't answered for themselves. Until they do, the transition process stalls.
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Lance Woodbury, a partner at Pinion (formerly K∙Coe Isom), a food and agricultural consulting firm, provides facilitation and mediation services to family-owned enterprises working through communication and conflict, succession and strategic planning, family giving, estate planning and governance.
Learn MoreWhy do we avoid conversation? Underneath the silence sit several questions the senior generation often hasn't answered for themselves. Until they do, the transition process stalls.
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