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Family Business Council Gulf (FBCG)
December 4-7, 2023
The Family Business Council Gul (FBCG) arrives at its 10th anniversary and is organizing a world summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Our Partner Nicolas Hollanders and our Advisors Basma Al-Zamil and Bob Kohli will be part of the speakers’ line-up.
An extract from the summit’s website: “Join us at the Family Business Council Gulf’s Annual Summit as we celebrate our 10th anniversary and dive into the exciting theme of “A Brave New World”. This year’s event promises to be truly exceptional as we gather in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a dynamic nation at the forefront of family business transformation.
Immerse yourself in a thought-provoking program featuring captivating keynote speeches, engaging panel discussions, and interactive workshops led by industry luminaries and experts. Gain invaluable insights into the evolving landscape of family businesses, as we delve into topics such as succession planning, sustainable growth, and transformation.”
Israeli Conference
Jul 17, 2023
A very successful “From Generation to Generation: Business Continuity in Family Businesses” conference was organized by LGA Israeli advisor, Mika and Galit, together with Globes the leading financial newsletter, KPMG and Meitar the leading law firm in Israel in the stock exchange in Tel Aviv on July 20. 170 of Israel’s leading enterprising families attended the conference. Ivan presented on Succession Conspiracy. Devin led a session on Managing Risks in turbulent times. Mika participated in a panel on the key factors of success in multi-generational family businesses. The event received great press coverage and generated a number of LGA project leads.
Matt Allen
Jul 10, 2023
We are proud to share the great news about Matt Allen, Advisor at LGA on his new leadership appointment at The John L. Ward Center for Family Enterprises. Matt brings deep experience in exploring and supporting the distinct needs and nuances of family enterprises. An honored educator and frequently published scholar, Matt is a thought leader on family-run business topics, including entrepreneurship, global operations, stewardship and successful transgenerational practices. Join us in congratulating Matt Allen on his new leadership role.
Richard Beckhard Practice Award
Jun 30, 2023
Congratulations to Neus Feliu Costa Ph.D., Partner at LGA and FFI Fellow, for winning the 2023 Richard Beckhard Practice Award from the The Family Firm Institute – FFI. The Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of multi-generational family enterprise practice. View the entire list of award winners.
LGA’s Advisors and KPMG Israel
Jun 15, 2023
Earlier this week in Israel LGA’s Advisors and KPMG Israel hosted the periodic meeting of the Family Office Forum. The experts on enterprising families discussed continuity management, dispelled some common myths about family businesses, and more importantly, examined the engines of continuity that enable successful intergenerational transfers and development of the family business over the years. Other topics discussed were the world of taxes and the connection to the family – trusts, wills, donations, philanthropy, intergenerational transfers and more. Among the speakers were Amir Shani, Mika Mazor, Advisor at LGA and Cohen Nissim Congratulations to all the participants and attendees for their contributions to Family Business Continuity.
Global Program in Spanish for Business Families
May 31, 2023
ESE Business School Chile and LGA’s Latin American team invites you to be part of the first Global Program in Spanish for Business Families: How to face the challenges of continuity in a changing world. Jon Martínez Echezárraga, Co-Director of the Program, briefly shares Is your business family good governance in THIS VIDEO.
Navigating the Crisis
May 4, 2023
LGA hosted a webinar on Navigating the Crisis: Insights for the Family Businesses and Family Offices. The banking industry remains in crisis after the downfall of Silicon Valley Bank and the forced takeover of Credit Suisse last month, affecting businesses and investors worldwide. Family businesses and family offices in particular must navigate new and recurrent risks to safeguard their assets and operations. LGA’s Managing Partner Devin DeCiantis interviewed our newest Advisor and resident macroeconomist Dimitris Valatsas, who explained the underlying causes of the crisis, policymakers’ reaction thus far, and the key upcoming challenges for families — whether they are investors, operators, or both. If you are an owner, executive, or Board member of a family enterprise, this session will help you gain a better understanding of today’s complex financial risks and how they are likely to unfold in the weeks and months ahead.
Happy Chinese New Year
January 22, 2023
Happy Chinese New Year of the Rabbit. When it comes to continuity in Chinese family enterprises tradition and adaptation has its challenges. In today’s article https://lga.global/chinese-family-enterprise-challenges/ we explore what other family enterprises can learn from other cultures.
The Palgrave Handbook
January 12, 2023
Amazing start to 2023 with a great read published by The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Family Business Groups. LGA Partners, Neus Feliu and Fernanda Jaramillo wrote a chapter titled The Moderating Role of Governance in promoting Transgenerational Entrepreneurship and Value Creation in the Latin Family Business Groups. Read it HERE.
Families Summit of Minds
January 1, 2023
From all of us at LGA, we wish you and your family a Happy and Healthy New Year! November 18, 2022 Families Summit of Minds led by Family Enterprise Canada in partnership with Monthly Barometer and Family Enterprise Foundation (FEF) has officially begun in beautiful Banff, BC. Devin DeCiantis, Managing Partner at LGA was there to share insights on Managing Risk, Maximizing Opportunity.
The Family Business Magazine
October 30, 2022
We are pleased to announce that the Family Business Magazine has selected Pedro Felipe Carvajal, Fourth Generation, CEO of the Carvajal Group, in Cali, Colombia as one of the Family Business CEOs to Watch in 2022. The business leaders selected are non-family and family, blood descendants and married-ins from all over the United States, Canada and Colombia. This is exciting news for the LGA team. Fernanda Jaramillo, Partner at LGA was quoted in the article and said that during the pandemic, “He had to make difficult decisions to keep the company on track; however, he managed to maintain the commitment of his executive team and the morale of the workforce at large.” We invite you to read the full article: https://lnkd.in/e929rsb8
The Family Firm Institute - FFI
October 27, 2022
The conversations on Family Business Enterprise and The Fourth Economy are already underway in Boston at the The Family Firm Institute – FFI Global Conference, hosted by the MIT Sloan School of Management
Our LGA Partners are presenting the next two days on the following topics:
The Demographics of Evolutionary Behavior: Exploring the essential “humanness” of family enterprise leadership and continuity – Kelin Gersick
Current and Next Generation Family Business Owners Aren´t So Different After All
Neus Feliu and Jon Martinez of ESE Business School University of Los Andes
Keynote – Family Enterprises Shaping the Future of Society: The Case of Ferrovial
Presenter: @Rafael del Pino Moderated by: Ivan Lansberg, Neus Feliu
Global Family Business Award
September 20, 2022
Congratulations to Organización Carvajal on winning the 2022 Global Family Business Award! The award was created by IMD in 1996 and recognizes excellence in the art of building and managing a successful, sustainable and well-governed family enterprise. Partnering with IMD in this award are the Scheufele family and FBN-The Family Business Network .
LGA congratulates the Carvajal family, and particularly our Partner Gustavo Adolfo Carvajal Sinisterra for being a role model for family enterprises in Colombia and around the world, both on good business and governance practices, as well as fulfilling its social responsibilities with the communities they interact with. As one of Carvajal’s leaders once said: “ There cannot be a healthy company in a socially ill environment”.
Organizacion Carvajal is a 6th-generation family business founded in Colombia in the early years of XX century, with strong roots in the country and Latin America.
Learn more about the award: https://lnkd.in/evwDspaH
Watch the inspiring video by Grupo Carvajal: https://lnkd.in/eaJQVkn4
Harvard Business Review
September 15, 2022
Our Partner Devin DeCiantis just got this piece published on Harvard Business Review : “Building resilience into your family business”. It includes three simple lessons that can help family business leaders cope with the sustained uncertainty that lies ahead.
Sarah Cox
August 10, 2022
We are delighted to welcome Sarah Cox as LGA’s newest Advisor. Sarah is no stranger to LGA, having attended Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management. Sarah brings with her an expertise in strategic leadership, organizational development and managing organizational change, talent and succession planning, as well as executive and leadership coaching. She will retain her role of CHRO at L.L. Bean, leading all things family governance, shareholders office, and coaching family leaders.
Newsletter
July 19, 2022
We are excited to announce that the first edition of our quarterly newsletter was released today.
LGA’s all-hands quarterly meeting
June 7, 2022
Amazing second day of LGA’s all-hands quarterly meeting with the entire team congregating at Forthlane Partners’ beautiful offices, discussing global trends, family offices and our newest partnership with Galit Philosof (גלית פילוסוף). We are excited about expanding the suite of services we can offer to family business.
Ken Grewal and Martha Simmons, JD, LLM, PhD, ICD.D, thank you for your hospitality!
LGA’s all-hands quarterly meeting
June 6, 2022
Amazing first day of LGA’s first in-person all-hands team meeting since COVID. We spent the day playing with Lego to brainstorm LGA’s strategic direction. Jacqueline Lloyd Smith from Strategic Play Global guided us through some fun exercises that showcased LGA’s creativity and strategic alignment.
Toronto
June 1, 2022
We are very excited to host the whole Lansberg, Gersick Advisors team in Toronto for our quarterly meeting next week. We especially look forward to the exchange of ideas on family enterprise business insights.
Family Enterprise Canada
May 16, 2022
Great event organized by Family Enterprise Canada and proud of Jeff Melanson for being a speaker in the event. Jeff Melanson will facilitate a panel that will discuss best practices for family ecosystem planning.
Tharawat Magazine
May 25, 2022
LGA’s Partner, Neus Feliu, participated in a podcast with Tharawat Magazine, discussing the important insights gained from the “Family Enterprise Global Survey on Generational Perspectives” global study, authored by Esade Lansberg Gersick Advisors (LGA) The John L. Ward Center for Family Enterprises Tecnológico de Monterrey HKUST Business School Julius Baer. Studies like this create awareness among owners of the challenges they face and spur debates within enterprising families on the relevant topics that need to be discussed.
You can listen to the podcast HERE and read the full study HERE.
LGA is 25!
May 12. 2022
For 25 years we’ve had the privilege of supporting the continuity of family enterprises around the world. We have enjoyed every step of this journey and learned many lessons from our clients and partners along the way.
As we celebrate the end of our first quarter century and enter the next with great energy and excitement, we wanted to share with you a new and improved LGA Experience: a new name and logo, a new website, and a podcast, LGA Lighthouse.
Please enjoy reading LGA’s leading insights and research in the field of family business continuity, and don’t forget to subscribe!
