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Beware developmental illiteracy
Families pay a high price for not understanding that individuals grapple with different issues at different ages.
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Generation to Generation
A landmark book laying out the dominant developmental framework for understanding family enterprise continuity.
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Ready, fire, aim over the internet
E-mail has proved to be an appealing medium in family businesses, but some types of messages can backfire.
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Succession Journeys
With statistics indicating that an unprecedented number of family businesses will be changing hands in the next decade.
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How the world is/isn’t changing
Three Obvious Assumptions about family businesses in the new millennium that are probably not true.
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Independent directors in the middle
Whether they like it or not, outside directors on a family board often confront and must deal with succession issues.
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The making of a banking star
As head of her family’s bank in Taos, New Mexico, Rebeca Romero “makes things happen” in the Hispanic community.
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The dreams that drive business success
Leadership is about aligning people’s aspirations. It’s a vital task for successors who lack a controlling share.
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Meeting the future with confidence
A group of Family Business magazine’s distinguished contributing editors offer their best advice on how to get your family company in shape.
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Why families don’t empower leaders
Reluctance to grant authority to siblings and cousins can paralyze the best-designed governance structures.
