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Ken Kaye earned his A.B. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. He trained in family therapy at the Family Institute of Chicago, and had a general practice as a clinical psychologist before beginning his specialty in family business dynamics in 1986. Kaye has published dozens of articles and books for professional advisers as well as family business members about resolving the disputes, rifts, and tension between generations that threaten to hobble their enterprises. The books most descriptive of his work with family firms are "Workplace Wars and How to End Them" (1994) and "The Dynamics of Family Business" (2005).
Our job is to help restore and maintain long term healthy relationships among family members, whether working in the business or not--as well as between the family and key executives and trustees. Legal and financial matters are the province of other advisers. Our expertise is in turning interpersonal conflicts into healthier, productive teamwork. Following the dictum "trust, but verify," we coach our clients that developing human capital is a dual learning process between leaders and successors.
Dr. Kaye works exclusively with family enterprises, of all sizes. Approximately half his time is with family offices or family foundations. Thanks to his longtime association with FOX, Ken Kaye has nearly 20 years' experience resolving conflicts among owners of family financial offices. In most of the family financial offices with whom we have worked, sustaining their legacy of philanthropy has been critical for engaging the next generation. This has led to a special interest in advising family foundations on their board development and transitions.
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What core services do you provide for your average client profile?:
Facilitation Conflict resolution Coaching of the current leadership and the next generation
What are your firm's mission,vision and values?:
Our mission is to protect and preserve the healthy interpersonal dynamics of families across generations, period.
How are your client teams structured to deliver services to their clients?:
Kenneth Kaye, Ph.D. works personally with all clients. The Associates referred to in our firm's name are specialists brought in on a case by case basis, primarily in two areas: (1) assessments, interventions, and recommendations in cases of addiction or other individual disorders; or (2) psychoeducational testing and recommendations for children with school or social problems. We work as a collaborative adviser to the client family's existing team, as discussed in the article "Roles of Trust in Consulting to Financial Families" by Kenneth Kaye and Sara Hamilton."
How would you describe your ideal client?:
Any form of business or philanthropic partnership that involves related members, with actual or potential interest in sustaining their joint enterprise to the next generation, needs our services if that goal is jeopardized by insufficient interpersonal trust, collaboration, or clarity of communications. Generally some prior meetings have been ineffective due to either too much emotion or the opposite extreme: avoiding hot issues.
What are the top three characteristics that distinguish your firm the most from your competitors?:
Experience (25 years in this specialty) Frequently published and cited (three books and dozens of articles) A thought leader in the wider field of family business dynamics, internationally
What are the credentials and qualifications of your firm management and staff?:
A.B., Harvard College (English and American Literature) Ph.D., Harvard University (Psychology and Education) Master of Fine Arts, Bennington College (Fiction) Formerly: on the faculties of University of Chicago (Education and Human Development), Northwestern University (Psychiatric Institute), and Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Family Therapy)
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Evanston Illinois 60204
United States
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