Contrasting Transition Timelines: 15 minutes or 10 Years
Based on a True Story. When you spend a lot of time in the wonderful world of family enterprises, you hear all sorts of stories…
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Balancing Governance and Culture in Family Enterprise
Developing the Leadership to Find the Right Mix. Colleagues sometimes ask me what it’s like to write a weekly blog post…
My “Role / Goal / Control” Life Hack
. A Shortcut for “In the Moment” Challenges. Most of what I write about each week focuses on issues on the far end of the…
The “Changing People” Dilemma in Enterprising Families
Both Ways of Doing It Are Tough. It’s not often that I’ll write a blog on a brand new idea that just came to me, but this…
What’s Right > Who’s Right
Another Hurdle in Moving to Democratic Decision-Making. As I continue meeting and working with more and more business families…
Family Communication: A Work-in-Progress Marathon
It’s Never a “One and Done” Deal. The most important “new” ideas always take some time to sink in, so when family members start…
Hope – Not a Strategy, But a Strength
It’s Never Sufficient, But Always Welcome. Writing a weekly blog comes with its challenges, but thanks to the many groups of…
Sibling Partnerships: Good, Bad, or Ugly
Examples of Each Type Abound. Anyone who has spent any time in the family enterprise world has surely encountered a variety of…
The “Family HUG” We’re All Looking For
Most Enterprising Families Want the Same Things. I love it when a positive blog topic lands in my lap out of the blue, especially…
Avoiding Adversarial Relationships in your Enterprising Family
Green and Yellow Are OK; Red? Lookout! Having recently been involved as an advisor and mediator with some families where the…
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