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Passing on the dream
What keeps Korczak Ziolkowski’s grown children on the mountain where he began his monumental work 50 years ago.
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When the generational planets are misaligned
The psychological needs of parents in their 40s and of successors-to-be in their 20s are often on a collision course.
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Why smart people make dumb choices of leaders
Family companies lack systems of selection that reduce bias and political intrigue.
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Equal isn’t always fair
Parents want to be fair to all their children. When their offspring work together in the business, it isn’t always easy to figure out the best way to do it.
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How to keep the campbell kids happy
Bennett Dorrance, “leader-by-default” of the Dorrance clan, asks whether family shareholders can hang together if Campbell Soup’s strong earnings hit the skids in the ’90s.
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Lessons in realpolitik for successors
For advice on the darker side of power relationships, there is still no better guide than Machiavelli.
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What’s in April’s best interest
Ben and Lillian Jacobs continued to work together in their print shop business even after their divorce.
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A lesson in humility from the greek gods
When Zeus started bossing his siblings on Mt. Olympus, they rebelled and tied him up with a hundred knots.
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