Celebrating the Family
//December 09, 2024 - Issue #132
How Three Women Upheld Family Values and Thrived Despite Adversity A family's enduring values, fully believed and truly lived, can be a compass in hard times and a competitive advantage.
How Family Firms Help Non-Family Employees Feel Like Family Adopt programs that demonstrate commitment to stakeholders outside the family, and put non-family managers in charge of them.
Editor's Pick
Sherri Noxel
One Tough Mother
One Tough Mother is not an academic text but an inspirational autobiography from the late Gert Boyle. It is the story of her inheriting her father’s sporting goods business and the unexpected death of her husband when she was 46. Gert rebuilt the company that is now one of the finest examples of G3 family enterprise ownership of a publicly traded global company.
https://www.amazon.com/One-Tough-Mother-Taking-Business/dp/0786719141
Consumers Love Local Brands. That's Good News For Family Businesses Being a family firm enhances a brand's local appeal and influences consumer purchasing behaviors.
'Big Family:' Relatives Outside the Family Business Can Help It Thrive Too often, family businesses are caught up in their own small circle of relationships. Expanding that circle provides fresh perspectives and helps them thrive.
Strategies for Keeping Your Family Connected We continue our discussion with Mitzi Perdue, widow of Frank and daughter of a Sheraton Hotels founder, who shares what she's learned about family unity.
How Family Dynamics Shape Family Businesses Want your family business to run more smoothly? Examine your own relationships with parents, siblings and other relatives -- and talk to one another often.
The Making of Successful Female Family-Enterprise Leaders Our discussions with 46 women from family firms around the world yielded insights about their challenges, their strengths and their influences -- including grandmothers. 
Do Family Meals Fuel Entrepreneurship in Family Businesses? Families with diverse education and industry experience fuel the fire of entrepreneurship when they dine together frequently. 
Keeping it in the Family Experienced mentors weigh in on how to keep the peace while working with your relatives.
Families often struggle to decide whether shares should be divided equally among children or reflect leadership, sacrifice, and “sweat equity.” Read more...
In a crisis, family firms cannot afford to focus only on immediate survival or future legacy. The most resilient ones do both, drawing on past lessons, trusted relationships, and long-standing networks. Read more...
Daughters can become strong and credible successors when families involve them early, clarify authority, support professional development, and make room for new models of leadership. Read more...
From death and divorce to disruption and disrepute: these 12 hidden risks can weaken family enterprises over time. Read more...
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Supported by the Richard M Schulze Family Foundation