Learning in the Classroom and Beyond
//August 21, 2023 - Issue #96
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.
Why Don't You Educate Your Owners? Everyone agrees that families should train members to become competent owners and stewards of the family business – but few of them actually walk the talk.
Videos for the Global Family Business Community These videos share best practices that help business owners, professors and students become more resilient. 
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.
Want to Give Your Entrepreneurship Students Real-World Experience? Try Consulting Projects Students gain exposure to the inner-workings of a business, while entrepreneurs receive a fresh perspective, academic insight and assistance. 
Future Family Business Owners Can Learn to Manage Conflict This classroom exercise dissects the five approaches to managing disputes, and their likely outcomes.
What All Family Businesses Can Learn From the Merck Family The Germany-based global health care, pharmaceutical and performance materials firm has kept its vast family ownership team aligned for 13 generations.
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. 
Developing Competent Owners and Stewards for a Lasting Family Business Educating family members to become such competent, responsible stewards of the family enterprise is a responsibility, and not a choice.
Assessments Can Help Develop Family Business Leaders From simple surveys or interviews to complex, statistically robust reporting, assessments give current and future leaders a source of objective data for better decision-making.
Learn to Defend Your Family Firm This classroom exercise helps future family firm members learn to anticipate outside threats to their business and defend it.Search & Save Enter search below to create an easy reading list
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Hiring Mom and Dad? Optimize Their Strengths and Manage Boundaries
by Kimberly Eddleston
/ Interviews
Sharon Beck, owner of a Jovie Childcare franchise, shares her insights on the benefits and challenges of being your parents' boss. Read more...
The HERO Model: How Family Enterprise Leaders Can Accelerate Change
by Doug Gray, PhD
/ Practice Insight
Hope, efficacy, resilience and optimism can make us better people and better leaders. This article explores how we can cultivate it within ourselves. Read more...
Protect Your Family Business From Crime
by Paul Sanchez, Matthew Wood, Tim Michaelis, and Jaime Suarez
/ Research Insight
In crime-prone regions, activities like selling in physical stores, regular trips to the bank, and talking openly about business growth can make business owners targets. Read more...
Transferring Family Wealth to the Next Generation: What’s Fair?
by Martin Kemp and Susan Lanz
/ Practice Insight
Trillions of dollars are about to be handed down from baby boomers to younger generations. Family firms must consider how to transfer their ownership shares, and to whom. Read more...
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How Family Dynamics Shape Family Businesses
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Why Families and Their Firms Behave Badly
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The Paradox of Choice: Wealth's Impact on Family Potential
by Doug Baumoel
How Family Firms Can Prevent (or Cool Down) Sibling Rivalries
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Family Business Succession Planning: 10 Golden Rules
by Tom Rüsen, Torsten Groth, and Arist von Schlippe
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Supported by the Richard M Schulze Family Foundation