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Surprising reasons owners exit family businesses

Only about a third of family businesses make it to a second generation beyond the founder.  Conventional wisdom says that these firms falter because the owners didn’t have a succession Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: James Hoffman , Ritch Sorenson and Keith Brigham

From Startup to Midsized Company: Managing the Growing Pains

Businesses in this stage need a different kind of leadership than in the startup phase, when one visionary Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

How to Bridge Generations in a Family Business

This means all family members need to earn their right to management and leadership roles. Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Jessica Thiefels

The Hybrid Workplace is Here to Stay: 5 Ways to Make it Work

Clashing perspectives: companies and employees Global companies have long used teams that collaborated Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan and Lars B. Sonderegger

Understand Your Family Firm's Core Strengths and Weaknesses

Learn More Unlocking the Innovation Potential of Family Firms: An Assessment Tool Outside Leadership Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Thomas Zellweger

Women: Prepare to Lead Your Family Firm

  From our experience coaching women into leadership positions, we know it is never too early to Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Dr. Susan Laverick and Elizabeth Bagnall

The Family Business: Matching Older and Younger Entrepreneurs

The Advantages of Older/Younger Co-Founder Teams Here’s what I love about this kind of startup synergy Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Kerry Hannon

How Gamification Can Help Family Businesses

; in prevention-oriented situations and attitudes where players focus on not being the loser; when teams Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Salvatore Tomaselli and Danilo Maurici

Case Studies, Movies, TV Shows and Other Family Business Resources

Brooks Governance, Intergenerational Collaboration, Leadership, Stakeholder, Succession 1972 – 1990 Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Alfredo De Massis and Josip Kotlar

Choosing a Board of Directors for a Family Business

It is important to emphasize that the team must collectively agree on each person. Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Whitney Peake