CONTINUITY
FAMILY BUSINESS CONSULTING
US/CANADA: 877-925-5149 INTERNATIONAL: 1-978-925-5149
CONTINUITYFBC.COM
As we’ve mention in previous
posts, the Continuity Family Business Consulting Team has credentials from top
schools and professional societies with extensive, relevant and practice
experience in the real world.
Blair Trippe, a Partner at
Continuity FBC, brings a highly specialized approach to the understanding of
family systems and the relationship challenges encountered when families work
and own together. Her expertise as a negotiator, mediator and family business
consultant is grounded in the study of strategic management and conflict
resolution methodologies.
In addition to Blair’s experience
with Continuity clients, she was also an in-law of a multi-generational family
managing a 7,500-acre farm, a Marketing Specialist at Prudential Bache
Securities and The Marketing Manager, Director of New Product Development and
Director of Industry Affairs at a start-up firm in the medical device industry.
Blair co-authored the book, “Mom Always Likes You Best – A Guide to
Resolving Family Feuds, Inheritance Battles & Eldercare Crises.” The
practical guidebook helps family members become better decision-makers, mindful
negotiators and more effective communicators.
Her leadership in the Mediation field helped create a new
specialty through the development of “Elder Decisions” – a division of Agreement
Resources, LLC, a consulting firm she co-founded. Agreement
Resources provides conflict resolution, mediation and training
services to families and a variety of organizations, and is an approved
services provider to probate courts in several counties of Massachusetts.
As a
workshop facilitator and trainer, Blair has conducted sessions for the EPA, The Harvard Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law
School, Judge’s Institute, American Bar Association, National Association of
Geriatric Care Managers, Alzheimer’s Association, the Northeastern University
Center for Family Business, Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council, Northeast
Human Resource Association, Dartmouth Hitchcock Conference on Alzheimer’s
Disease, Just a Start House, and the Family Firm Institute, among others.
Blair received her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, with a concentration in marketing and finance, and a BA in psychology
from Connecticut College. Her memberships and certifications include:
Professional Certifications:
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Program on Negotiation (negotiation and dispute resolution, mediation and
participatory process) – Harvard Law School
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Certificate in Family Business Advising – Family Firm Institute
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The Center for Dispute Resolution (negotiation and teamwork teaching) –
Northwestern University
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The Center for Social Gerontology (elder mediation) – Ann Arbor, MI
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Mediation Works, Inc. (executive and advanced mediation; negotiation skills)
Memberships:
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Association for Conflict Resolution/New England (former board member and chair
of the education committee)
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Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation
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International Ombuds Association
Community Leadership:
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Trustee – The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture
Park, Lincoln, MA – 1998 – 2011
For more information on Blair Trippe and Continuity
Family Business Consulting, visit ContinuityFBC.com.
Developing effective governance for a family business involves
appropriate procedure (attending to the right priorities, operating by the
right rules) and good structure (selection of the right people and roles).