Common fantasies about the consultant’s role
When hiring a consultant, clients often have hidden assumptions that can lead the process astray.
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Glue to bind generations
Some families, like the Rockefellers and Carnegies, rose to the occasion.
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Introducing the tough new bird on the block
Perdue Farms’ New TV Commercial Marks a Succession Rite of Passage.
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Taking charge in a disaster
When relating the hair-raising events of the past two years, the two partners do it with a certain drama and flair.
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Shareholders have to earn their wings to
Just because you inherit stock doesn’t mean you’re business literate. To fulfill your role requires training.
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Twelve tasks of succession
Planning a leadership transition is hard, stressful work. Not every family has the stamina to stay the course.
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How to build a dynasty
Beretta—the name is synonymous with elegant weaponry. Ugo Gussalli Beretta, 13th-generation leader of the Italian dynasty, reveals the secrets of remaining a family business for five centuries.
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The Immortals
Beretta—the name is synonymous with elegant weaponry. Ugo Gussalli Beretta, 13th-generation leader of the Italian dynasty, reveals the secrets of remaining a family business for five centuries.
Do unto others so they pay up
C. Dan Hunter, founder of Washington Credit Inc., explains his family’s kinder, gentler approach to credit problems.
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The family business as black comedy
A new Broadway play perpetuates stereotypes but strikes a very familiar chord or two.
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