Dennis T. Jaffe Knihy

Families share their experiences of maintaining and growing wealth across generations, emphasizing not just financial success but also the importance of aligning wealth with their values and community well-being. Successful families have shown resilience, reinventing their businesses amid environmental changes and family dynamics. This insightful work by Dennis T. Jaffe, a leading figure in family enterprise consulting, features interviews with members of prominent 100-year family businesses from 20 countries. These families serve as role models for those aiming to positively influence their children, employees, and communities. While some continue to operate their legacy businesses, others have transitioned to family offices managing shared assets. All have preserved their family identity and values over three generations. The book presents nearly 100 real-life stories from Generative Families, who prioritize engagement and collaborative governance to ensure responsible stewardship of wealth. It explores the successes and challenges of retaining family wealth, offering rare insights from affluent families. Additionally, it examines the evolution of global family enterprises and the multifaceted dimensions of wealth. This essential resource is valuable for family members, executives, estate planners, consultants, and finance professionals seeking to understand the dynamics of family wealth stewardship.

With today's fast-paced and hectic way of doing business, change in the workplace has become an everyday reality. Change happens rapidly and sometimes with very little notice. Major changes such as mergers, takeovers, and layoffs can leave employees feeling confused, fearful, or disheartened. CHANGE MANAGEMENT helps managers work through organizational change with strategies for providing positive leadership while dealing effectively with resistance and other trouble spots. The newly updated third edition includes competency assessments to help managers become adept change leaders who will inspire and motivate their employees.

More than four decades ago, the field of family wealth advising began to emerge as a challenge to the tradition of caring only about the money. We now stand at the threshold to the next major transformation, strengthening the focus on family while shedding the fears and flaws that invaded beliefs about the rich. Written by three renowned experts, Wealth 3.0: The Future of Family Wealth Advising outlines how the field arrived at this point and what will be needed to establish a positive vision of family wealth. Through relatable stories and insightful recommendations, Wealth 3.0 is a modern manifesto. It challenges family wealth advising to become the enduring, scalable, rigorous profession it was always destined to be.

Book by Dennis T. Jafee, Cynthia D. Scott