

Family Businesses
We help families achieve the continuity of their entrepreneurial legacy
Most of our clients manage a portfolio of operating companies built around a shared entrepreneurial legacy.
They include some of the largest and oldest enterprising families in the United States and Canada, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Their revenues typically range from $250 million to over $100 billion, and they are active across a range of industries and geographies.
What they all have in common is a desire to achieve continuity across generations, and a recognition that past success is no guarantee for the future.
Achieving multi-generational continuity takes considerable time and effort, and every generation needs to develop its own unique plan for growth and renewal – balancing the legacies of the past with the opportunities and challenges of the future.
LGA helps our family business clients invest in continuity by:
- Generating strategic alignment around a shared vision, purpose and values for their operating businesses
- Designing governance systems to oversee and coordinate strategy and leadership across their operating businesses
- Assessing and developing leaders and leadership teams
- Designing efforts to educate, involve, and transition leadership to the next generation
- Facilitating more productive relationships between family members, family employees, and professional staff
- Developing processes for effective risk management
- Educating owners and leaders on the unique characteristics of a Family Business, how they develop predictably over time, and the evolving requirements for long-term success
Featured services



Leadership Development
Strengthening leaders through assessments, skill-building, coaching, and experiential training.

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Featured Insights

Philanthropy in Complex, Multi-Generational Families
For many, family philanthropy presents an opportunity to create a shared experience, unifying the
family by working together toward a lasting legacy of impact. Family philanthropy can also give
participants an opportunity to explore and cultivate their personal—and sometimes separate—
philanthropic passions

How engaged is your ownership group?
Nicolas Hollanders explains what it means for family business owners to be engaged with the project.

Protecting the family legacy starts in the family office
Many families have decided to formalize a Family Office to serve the financial and professional needs of family members.

We partner with your key advisors to support the family and the enterprise
As a result of our expertise, we are able to assist families across the spectrum of needs.

The Art of Ambidextrous Leadership
Successful family enterprise leaders must tend both to the needs of the business and the family

Philanthropy in Family Enterprises
This article presents a systematic review of the literature on the subject of family philanthropy.
Featured advisors

Wendy Ulaszek
Wendy is a partner that has over 15 years of consulting and counseling experience in individual, group, and organizational assessment and leadership development.

Kelin Gersick
Kelin is a Co-founder and Senior Advisor at LGA with over 30 years of experience consulting and teaching around the world.

Lisa Lazarus
Lisa is a trusted advisor, strategist, facilitator, and executive coach who applies an equity lens to help families take action.

Nicolas Hollanders
Nicolas specializes in governance design and succession planning for family enterprises around the world.

Francisco Valera
Francisco specializes in research and consulting for complex family enterprises. His duties included doing economic analysis and family business education.

Maria Cecilia Escallon
Maria has over 20 years of finance and governance experience within family businesses and actively serves on several Boards.