People around family businesses everywhere spend lots of time worrying about the rising generation of the family, wondering if they’ll ever be “ready” to take over from their parents.
Recent Posts
- On Connection, Belonging and Learning in Families
- Coming Down from Yet Another Rocky Mountain High
- What Can Happen to a Pile of Family Wealth?
- Learning Life Lessons as a Family
- On the Challenges of Finding Purpose and Family Engagement
- The Many Simultaneous Transitions Happening in Families
- When Family Relationships Become Emotionally Expensive
- Who’s In, Who’s Out, and Who Decides?
- Where Are We Going? Follow Me!
- My Highlights from FEC’s Symposium 2026
- On Homeostasis, Iteration, and Change in Family Systems
- My Belief Statement, 2026 Version
- On Institutional Knowledge in a Family’s Continuity Journey
- On Gratitude, Feedback, and Deep Connection
- E53 | Finding a Place to Stand: Dr. Ed Shapiro on Voice, Authority, and the Family System
- Just Like His Father, Or Maybe Too Much

