Are you a Family Builder?
Family Building goes beyond describing a family’s ills or lamenting a paradise lost,
but offers a practical guide to preserving the non-material assets of family …
your children, your grandchildren and their spouses.
To be or not to be a family builder is the question that all family leaders should ask.
| Strongly Inclined = 12 or more Yes |
| Moderately Inclined = 10 or more Yes |
| Weakly Inclined = 8 or less Yes |
| 1. | Family is a big investment in your life. | Yes | No |
| 2. | You value a family strategy between parenting and grandparenting | Yes | No |
| 3. | You are (will be or have been) an empty nester. | Yes | No |
| 4. | You worry about what is happening to your family. | Yes | No |
| 5. | Some common consciousness among family members is good. | Yes | No |
| 6. | Meaningful Conversations among family members are good. | Yes | No |
| 7. | Like business, family is a unique and complex organization. | Yes | No |
| 8. | You believe planning is better than reacting. | Yes | No |
| 9. | You enjoy being with your family. | Yes | No |
| 10. | You value family success like business success. | Yes | No |
| 11. | Spending money with family is better than gifting money to family. | Yes | No |
| 12. | You worry about effectiveness of estate planning and wealth transfer. | Yes | No |
| 13. | You recognize a darker side of wealth. | Yes | No |
| 14. | Family wealth is composed of non-material and financial assets. | Yes | No |
| 15. | You would like to have espoused family values and culture. | Yes | No |










