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//August 12, 2022 - Issue #67
Family Business Professors: 34 Ways to Energize Your Class These free classroom exercises, interviews and other resources will add new energy, fun and inspiration to your students' course work.
Should Your Next CEO be From Outside the Family? What happens when the best leader for your family business isn't part of the family? One company decided to look outside, and it improved family relationships.
How Family Businesses Can Attract and Keep the Best People We interviewed four founders of family businesses to learn about their challenges and what's working. 
Team Exercise: How Parenting Styles Affect The Next Generation This experiential exercise is designed to enhance student learning about the four parenting styles and how they affect the dynamics within the family firm. 
Double Trouble or Twice the Power? What happens when twins run a business together? From being compared to embracing their own differences and synergies, twins can make for a remarkable family business.
EIX, Family Business Reach New Heights: 3.5 Million Visitors Together the sites attracted more than 5.8 million page views. Familybusiness.org is now the world’s most-visited website for family firms.
Learning How Family Business Leaders Make Decisions Through Interviews This exercise allows students to apply core family business concepts to a real-world business context, reinforcing their grasp of the course materials.
Family firms need AI, but it can't build trust or regulate conflict. Here's why Brain Capital—judgment, resilience, and governance maturity—will determine whether they thrive across generations. Read more...
Research still can’t clearly explain when they deliver real value. A review shows what we know, what we don’t, and how families can close the needs-to-services gap. Read more...
Vision matters—but so does individualized consideration. This study shows nonfamily managers perform better when CEOs pair transformational leadership with genuine, personalized attention and political skill. Read more...
Successors recommit when roles align with their values, skills, and life stage—and when family dynamics allow earlier experiences to be reinterpreted. Read more...
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