Wealth of Wisdom Tom McCullough

In this episode, Kathy Lintz and Ned Rollhaus demonstrate the importance of selecting the right advisor to ensure a family's long-term prosperity. They highlight key considerations including firm culture, the quality of people, alignment of interests, scope of services, fee structure, and matching the family's profile with the advisor's expertise — all in a helpful checklist.

In this engaging podcast episode, co-host Keith Whitaker and Barbara Hauser explore the concept of democratizing family decision-making to avoid conflicts and foster fairness within families. Drawing on her extensive experience, they discuss the importance of transparency, accountability, and participation as key principles for successful family governance, sharing real-life examples of how these principles transformed family dynamics and decision-making processes.

In this thought-provoking podcast episode, co-host Tom McCullough talks with Stephanie Hardwick and Mimi Ramsey about the complex dynamics of expectations versus agreements within affluent families. They highlight the often unspoken and unmet expectations that can lead to turbulence and resentment and they provide a practical process for transforming these unshared expectations into co-created agreements, fostering healthier relationships and family harmony. Worth a listen!

Does the best thief make the best guardian? Where are the potentials for fraud in your family office structure? How can you make decisions "stick" amid the swirl of family passions? These aren't pleasant questions to think about, but family offices ignore them at their peril. In this engaging episode, family office COO Eugene Lipitz discusses the importance of creating internal controls policies, and procedures for family offices to protect clients, enforce decision-making, and streamline operations.

In this episode, join Stacy Allred as she shares insights on making better decisions by leveraging the power of storytelling. Discover the concept of prospective hindsight and how it can combat common decision biases. Learn about the premortem and promortem tools, developed by cognitive psychologist Gary A. Klein, to identify risks, optimize opportunities, and strengthen decision-making. Gain practical steps to conduct a premortem and promortem, and explore real-life scenarios where these tools can be applied in wealth-related decisions. Don't miss this episode packed with valuable strategies for making informed choices and improving outcomes.

In this episode, Mark Pletts encourages families to understand the costs associated with financial services and products, especially due to the pervasive lack of transparency in the industry. He advises them to ask their advisors detailed questions about fees and compensation structures to become better stewards of their wealth and avoid conflicts of interest. This includes attorneys, CPAs, wealth advisors, insurance agents, and other advisors.