How can coaching and mentoring be leveraged to develop family leaders?
Sharon Duguid and Wendy Ulaszek discuss the benefits, techniques and challenges of coaching family businesses.
Family Council Development
Next in Line: How can family businesses raise good owners?
Devin Deciantis and Nicolas Hollanders discuss the importance of engaging the next generation.
What do family business leaders need to learn?
Ivan Lansberg and Devin DeCiantis discuss the importance of education with Dr. Jennifer Pendergast from Kellogg
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.
Educating family business owners
We conceptualize two interrelated approaches to education: a deductive or “outside-in” approach.
The best investment a family will ever make
The creation of a Family Council is one way to restore balance between business and family life.
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.
The Cheated Child
In a surprisingly high percentage of cases, the work of family business consulting includes an element of re-parenting.
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.
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?”
