By Jennifer LaFrance, COO, LaFrance Project For those of you who don't know me, in July 2012 I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Then, in February 2013, I suffered two strokes. While I was in the hospital, doctors also discovered an aneurysm in my brain. Those strokes left me unable to work in a traditional setting. Many people would describe that as becoming "disabled," but I have never seen myself that way. In fact, I think we need to rethink that word but that's a conversation for...

By Jennifer LaFrance, COO, The LaFrance Project If you work in or around the financial services industry, you have undoubtedly encountered the growing body of research and commentary surrounding the largest transfer of wealth in modern history. This transfer is no longer a future event; it is already underway. Bottom line, the face of wealth is changing. Today's wealth holders and inheritors look very different from previous generations. Increasingly, wealth is being controlled by women,...

By: Jennifer LaFrance My sister brought this article to my attention a while ago. Unfortunately, I had been so busy that I did not have the time to respond the way I truly wanted to. Still, something kept nagging at me to return to it. Now, after writing this response, I understand why. So many things came into focus for me. This weekend, I sat down to write my response to the article, but as the weekend unfolded, I found myself reframing how I wanted to approach it. Originally, I intended to...