Let's Talk Family Enterprise

Join host Steve Legler for a video episode with guest Cindy Radu, recorded at the 2025 Family Business Symposium right after Cindy's session, which she conducted for a room full of attendees. Together, they discuss the challenges of professional collaboration when working with families, and highlight just how important it is for the families we serve so they don’t end up having to deal with a “scary monster.”

Host Aileen Miziolek sits down with Philip Marcovici to explore long-term wealth continuity, the pitfalls of tax policy and how enterprising families can avoid common traps while building meaningful legacies.

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Host Steve Legler speaks with Dan Doty, an executive and wilderness guide, about his upcoming session at Family Enterprise Canada's Symposium in Halifax. Together, they discuss the challenges that fathers face when leading a business and a family, and how the roles and expectations of fathers are rapidly evolving.

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In our 65th episode, Aileen Miziolek sits down with ownership expert and co-author of Own It!: How to Develop a Family Enterprise Owner's Mindset at Every Age, Barbara Dartt, to ask her how she started and grew her career in the family business consulting world, what being an owner of a family enterprise can mean and the different roles that owners often have to navigate in their ownership journey.

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Host Steve Legler speaks with Dr. Jeffrey Foote, one of the authors of Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change. Together, they discuss how family members and FEAs can become important catalysts in helping people with addiction issues overcome them, for the benefit of the entire family.

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Regular hosts Steve Legler and Aileen Miziolek discuss some of their favourite guests and insights from the 2024 episodes of the Let's Talk Family Enterprise podcast. Hear them share their greatest takeaways to bring back good memories and encourage listeners to subscribe for more!

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Join Aileen Miziolek as she sits down with Sandy Pollack, author of Don’t Leave a Mess and expert in values-based legacy planning, and Annie Stoneburgh, Death Doula and geriatric care specialist, to discuss the intersection of estate planning, family business transitions and end-of-life care. Discover how open, meaningful conversations can help families navigate these sensitive topics and create a lasting legacy.

Welcome to Let’s Talk Family Enterprise, a podcast that explores the ideas, concepts, and models that best serve Family Enterprise Advisors in supporting their clients.

All views, information, and opinions expressed during this podcast are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of Family Enterprise Canada.

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Host Steve Legler speaks with Cathy Carroll, author of Hug of War: How to Lead a Family Business with Both Love and Logic. Together, they take a deep look at using the lens of Polarity Thinking to help family businesses work through many of the challenges they face, as well as how FEAs can use this tool to become better resources to their client families.

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In this episode, Aileen Miziolek talks with bestselling author and award-winning speaker, Dr. Thomas Deans, about the impact of mental health on intergenerational wealth transfers and how it led him to write his new book, The Happy Inheritor: How Successful Families Prepare Heirs and Transfer Wealth.

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Host Steve Legler speaks with Professor Pramodita Sharma about sustainability and how family enterprises are uniquely placed to take advantage of business trends in this area. Pramodita shares inspiring stories based on her research, and points family businesses and their advisors into some promising directions.

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In this episode, host Steve Legler speaks with Professor Peter Vogel of IMD Business School to discuss Vogel's recent book, Family Office Navigator. Together, they highlight the critical role advisors can play when business families consider setting up a family office or want to take a fresh look at what they currently have in place.

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Ambreen Bhaloo, Family Enterprise Advisor, guest hosts this episode and welcomes Francesco Barbera, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at The Ted Rogers School of Management for an in-depth discussion on the issue of homogeneity (all family firms are the same) vs. heterogeneity (all family firms are unique). In what ways does family governance lead to greater firm performance? Listen to this episode t...

In this episode, Host and Family Enterprise Advisor, Aileen Miziolek, talks with Purpose & Identity Coach Perry Gladstone about how family businesses benefit from NextGen innovation and creativity while sharing solutions that allow all parties involved to find the agency and support they need to make it happen.

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In their traditional annual “retrospective” episode, hosts Steve Legler and Ruth Steverlynck discuss highlights from some of the episodes that debuted in 2023, hoping to stimulate listeners to re-listen for great content they may have missed the first time.

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