Media Consultations

Aron Pervin is consulted regularly by the media for his views on family business issues. Some examples are presented below.

Ensuring Success in a Family Business
  – In M&A Monitor – Volume 22

Planning: The Bridge Connecting Generations in a Family Business (268 KB)
  – By Jim Curley, Contributing Editor – Corrugated Today – July/August 2007

Family & Relationships
  – By Sarah Hampson, The Globe and Mail – May 10, 2007

Essential Guides – Family Tools
  – By The Year of the Canadian Entrepreneur – March 26, 2007

Feeling at Home – Helping Outsiders Fit in to Your Family Business Goes a Long Way Toward Ensuring Your Firm's Success
  – By Phil Perry, Contributing Editor, Industrial Distribution – June 1, 2006

• Hardwood Floors (1,616 KB) – April/May 2006
• Industrial Distribution (39 KB) – June 1, 2006

Are you for Real? The Importance of Being Earnest
  – By Judith Timson, The Globe and Mail – Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Save the Business, Even if you Can't Save the Marriage
  – By Beth Marlin, Toronto Star – Thursday, May 11, 2006

All in the Family, Even After the Marriage Ends
  – By Gordon Pitts, The Globe and Mail – Monday, December 19, 2005

Keeping it All in the Family? Not Necessarily
  – By Shirley Won, The Globe and Mail – Monday, November 14, 2005

Divisive Reorganization in a Complex Family Business – Continuity Analysis (450 KB)
  – By Step Inside – Volume 4 – Number 2 – Winter 2005

Optometrist's Vision: Keep it all in the Family
  – By Megan Ogilvie, Toronto Star – Wednesday, October 19, 2005

The Practicalities of Passing the Torch
  – By Beth Marlin, Toronto Star – Thursday, October 13, 2005

Elder Law: Our Clients' Needs – Real Issues and Practical Solutions in Serving the Older Clients.
  –The Lawyer's Edge – June 21, 2004

Entrepreneur's Diary – Chapter 42 – Family Business
  – By Nancy Christie, HOMEBusiness Journal – March/April 2004

Interview: Meet Family Business Consultant Aron Pervin
  – The Business Owner Report

Cottage Wars
  – By Peter Cheney, The Globe and Mail – May 18, 2002

Family Affairs – Succession is a Sticky Issue for Many Family Firms
  – By Brian Meyer, The Buffalo News – August 9, 1999

Family Firms Learn to Share Power
  – By Margot Gibb-Clark, The Globe and Mail – June 25, 1999

Post Mortem Estate Planning
  – Conference held in Toronto on March 4 & 5, 1999

How to Keep Top Performers on the Job
  – By Andrew Poon, The Globe and Mail – July 28, 1997

Blood Ties & Business
  – By Sandy Fife, Business News – Spring 1995

Consultant Smoothes Out Rough Spots
  – By Tedd Whipp, The Windsor Star – April 21, 1994

Resolving Interpersonal Conflict
  – The Financial Post – April 2, 1994

When Your Own Advice Isn't Good Enough
  – By Tim Haunn of London Life, Mississauga Board of Trade – September 1992

Winnipeg Business Scene
  – By Martin Cash, Winnipeg Free Press – January 18, 1992

Transfer of Family Business is Tricky
  – By Marty Hope, Calgary Herald – October 4, 1991

Dad, When are you Going to Let Go?
  – By Jennifer Low, Profit – October 1991

Keeping Business All in Family: Start Succession Planning Now to Avoid Problems Later
  – By Bruce Gates, The Financial Post – June 17, 1991

Prevent Family War by Succession-Planning
  – By Jerry Zeidenberg, The Globe and Mail – April 29, 1991

Family Firms Urged to Keep Things Businesslike
  – By Bob Papoe, Toronto Star – March 3, 1990

Like Father Like Son
  – By Rita DeMontis, The Sunday Sun – June 18, 1989