How engaged is your ownership group?
Nicolas Hollanders explains what it means for family business owners to be engaged with the project.
Leadership Development
How can I start the conversation about retirement with my parents?
Tools for the next generation to approach the retirement conversation tactfully with patience, strategy and smarts.
The Art of Ambidextrous Leadership
Successful family enterprise leaders must tend both to the needs of the business and the family
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.
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
How can family businesses champion responsible capitalism?
Devin DeCiantis and Sam Bonsey, discuss the role of responsible capitalism in the family business and how it can be promoted.
Educating family business owners
We conceptualize two interrelated approaches to education: a deductive or “outside-in” approach.
Crisis Management: Four strategies family business leaders can use to navigate a crisis
Devin DeCiantis describes four strategies that family business leaders can use to navigate a crisis.
Tradition and adaptation in Chinese family enterprises: Facing the challenge of continuity
There are three specific critical challenges that Chinese family enterprises will have to meet and resolve.
