-Podcasts
What is a family owners council and why does it matter?
Dr Katherine Grady and Dr Wendy Ulaszek discuss Family Owners Councils and their importance supporting family business continuity.
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Educating family business owners
We conceptualize two interrelated approaches to education: a deductive or “outside-in” approach.
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What is the point of family enterprise governance?
Business, ownership and family issues are intertwined in a way that is going to get very complicated.
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Richard Sackler and the threat of moral collapse in family business
The emerging story surrounding the role that the Sackler’s.
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Tradition and adaptation in Chinese family enterprises: Facing the challenge of continuity
There are three specific critical challenges that Chinese family enterprises will have to meet and resolve.
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Demographics and Family Governance: The Vanishing Middle
Many family businesses have a problem with recruitment into governance roles, and the family labor pool is a critical issue.
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The dilemma of the mature family council
Over the past three decades, many business families have formed a Council. The oldest Councils have started asking “What do we do now?”
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Every family gets the In-laws they deserve
Owners are quick to blame in-laws for tensions, ignoring their own contribution to the problems.
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Feuding Twins
A tragic breach between a pair of once-close twins shakes the foundations of a family-controlled public company.
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