James E. Hughes

66 thoughts in this book draw on James E. Hughes.

Books & sources

• Family Wealth: Keeping It In the Family: How Family Members and Their Advisers Preserve Human, Intellectual, and Financial Assests for Generations · 35 thoughts
• Family: The Compact Among Generations · 25 thoughts
• Cycle of the gift · 6 thoughts

The thoughts

• A family needs to recount its historyLegacy / The Logbook
• As we begin our sacred work of tribal decision…Legacy / The Logbook
• Flourishing consists of three major elementsThe Flight Plan
• In some terrible way, the path of young women's…Takeoff Into Chaos
• In the East, the Confucians believe that the success…Legacy / The Logbook
• Many years ago, I came upon Lao Tzu's description…Leadership & Business
• Perhaps Sun Tzu's greatest gift to a family's study…Leadership & Business
• Such rites honor the life of the deceased member…The Landing
• The authority to mediate disputes within the tribe, so…Communication & Conflict
• They practice the "ouch rule," which requires discussions to…Communication & Conflict
• What, you may ask, is my definition of a…Failure & Resilience
• When people reach old age or the '60s they…Family & Parenting
• When you give a gift the spirit with which…Leadership & Business
• 1) understand that in agreeing to become a trustee…True North
• 7The Instruments
• A family bank provides a safe environment in which…Expanding Your Range
• A partial solution to the trustee's dilemma in managing…The Flight Plan
• A small committee should write a brief family historyThe Relationship With Yourself
• Although change is necessary to accommodate family transitions, the…The Instruments
• CONTROL WITHOUT OWNERSHIP expresses a way of thinking, a…The Flight Plan
• Essential to that advantage, however, is that these ideas…Expanding Your Range
• Every year someone walks through my door who wants…Takeoff Into Chaos
• Fifth, I suggest that all the grandchildren and the…The Instruments
• Finally, the newly fledged adult member was reintegrated into…Expanding Your Range
• First-Be boldExpanding Your Range
• For a family already on the journey, its annual…Expanding Your Range
• For more information on MrExpanding Your Range
• For readers who are interested in exploring the PTC…The Instruments
• Fourth, grandchildren age twelve and older should form an…Expanding Your Range
• Frequently, committees include executive, elders, nominations, education, trustee/ben-eficiary relations…Expanding Your Range
• From the grandparents' perspective, what could be more fun…The Flight Plan
• Generation after generation, however, a family needs transformational leaders…Expanding Your Range
• Gifts which at first glance should be free is…The Relationship With Yourself
• Great mentors prépare the way for the ending of…Expanding Your Range
• Here are some guidelines for setting up a family…The Flight Plan
• How do advisers fit into a system of family…True North
• How does a family execute this practice?The Instruments
• I also recommend Charles DThe Instruments
• I suggest you keep this metaphor in mind throughout…The Flight Plan
• If a family considers its assets to be its…Expanding Your Range
• If you look at the cycle of the gift…Expanding Your Range
• In this seventh proposition, I suggest that the most…The Flight Plan
• In three reflections on my Web site, I pose…True North
• In Two Treatises on Government, John Locke offers the…True North
• In viewing the balance of strengths and weaknesses of…Friends, Community & Society
• It is only through the older generation's active enhancement…Expanding Your Range
• legislative branch regulates the executive branch by maintaining it…Decisions & Choices
• Normally, a family does not have a permanent executive…True North
• Normally, a representative democracy has a strong judicial branch…True North
• On what question, then, should the evaluation be based?Expanding Your Range
• Over the years, I have been blessed by many…True North
• Perhaps the admonition of the Iroquois elders to one…Decisions & Choices
• ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES Each trustee has an…True North
• SecondExpanding Your Range
• Such rituals allow the individual to break away from…Expanding Your Range
• The basic premise I follow in my life and…Expanding Your Range
• The main goal of a finding a trustee who…Goals, Action & Defining Success
• The point of investor allocation is to manage this…The Flight Plan
• The Six Functions of a Mentor 1) Mentoring is…The Flight Plan
• To help grantors and beneficiaries see clearly how to…Expanding Your Range
• To prepare successfully for the fifth generation and beyond…Expanding Your Range
• Transactional leaders meet and overcome today's issues while transformational…Expanding Your Range
• We propose that certain characteristics of successful periods of…True North
• What criteria, then, might an evaluator apply in assessing…The Flight Plan
• When the trustee and the beneficiary make joint decisions…True North
• Whether or not you agree with any of these…Expanding Your Range