How to talk to your family about money | Anneleen Michiels | TEDxUHasselt

Silence about money, not disagreement, is the real risk for families, entrepreneurs and leaders, according to this TEDx talk. Finance professor Anneleen Michiels urges them to hold the conversations about wealth they have been avoiding. She draws on her research into how money and relationships interact across generations. Michiels, who has studied wealth and ownership for over fifteen years and wrote Money & Generations, explains how these topics shape decisions, conflict and legacy in families and organizations. The talk was given at an independently organized TEDx event.

• Avoiding money conversations is presented as the main risk, more than disagreement
• Wealth, ownership and legacy across generations
• Guidance for families, entrepreneurs and leaders
• Research by finance professor Anneleen Michiels

Money doesn’t break families. Silence does. In this TEDx talk, Anneleen challenges families, entrepreneurs and leaders to engage in the conversations about wealth they’ve been avoiding, and shows why avoidance, not disagreement, is the real risk. Anneleen Michiels is a professor of finance who studies what happens when money and human relationships collide across generations. For over fifteen years, she has examined how wealth and ownership influence decision-making, conflict, and legacy in families and organizations worldwide. As the author of Money & Generations, Anneleen translates rigorous academic insight into ideas that change how people think and talk about money, responsibility, and the future. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx