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//May 20, 2024 - Issue #117
Managing Emotional Minefields Within Family Businesses We're all only human -- but preventing outbursts in front of customers and other non-family members preserves your reputation and relationships with stakeholders. 
Why Prominent Business Families Dive Into Politics A Chilean study found that the reasons go beyond protecting the family’s assets and economic interests. 
A Secret to Success: Family Business Centers While family members running a business together often lean on one another for advice, they can often learn best from people running other family businesses. 
Attitudes Towards Money Can Cloud Family Business Decisions A family’s orientation towards money and wealth can harm the business and sell future generations short.
All in the Family for New Ford CFO Mat Hughes New Ford CFO Sherry House is following her grandfather and other early family members into the company.
Twins Can Be a Family Business's Superpower While forever being part of a duo can be challenging, twins can bring many strengths to their family business when they are aligned with each other.
How to Transform an Outdated Board Here's how leadership can convince board members to vote for change that may not be in their self-interest but that would be better for the business.
Should longevity always be the goal? And if so, what exactly should endure—the operating company, a particular business model, or the family enterprise system itself? Read more...
Family firms often enjoy strong consumer goodwill, until they engage in deliberate misconduct -- when higher expectations can produce deeper disappointment and sharper backlash. Read more...
Boards routinely scrutinize financial and strategic risk. But talent shortages, leadership culture problems, and succession gaps can erode long-term value just as quickly. Read more...
The challenge during succession is that not every inherited element deserves to be preserved. But not every piece of the legacy is safe to disrupt, either. Read more...
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