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Four Things that the Best Family Business Boards Do Well

board’s interactions and relationships with other individuals or groups, such as the top management team Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Hermut Kormann

Too Much Love in the Family Can Hurt

They are capable of connecting teams of individuals within the company to encourage innovation, and they Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Ines Herrero and Mat Hughes

'CHAOS' Brings Order to Family Businesses

family council;  Courting the opinions of external advisors; Opening the board and the management team Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Salvatore Sciascia

Women Can Help Their Family Businesses Navigate Crisis

Similarly, research has shown that a gender-balanced management team and board are best for family business Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Rania Labaki

Family Businesses Must Plan for the Unthinkable

The exercise of coming up with the new questions can again be a job for the team charged with discerning Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Joseph Astrachan

5 Ways Family Businesses Can Adapt to Covid-19

’s amazing how many family businesses that didn’t have any sort of platform like Zoom or Microsoft Teams Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Kerry Hannon

Everyday Gratitude in Times of Uncertainty

suggests that effective leaders who incorporate gratitude into their leadership build more effective teams Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Carol Wittmeyer

What All Family Businesses Can Learn From the Merck Family

members for the board of partners, which acts as a supervisory board for the executive management team Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Claudia Binz Astrachan and Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp

To Engage Business Students, Roll Out 'the Barrels'

Students were given 45 minutes to create responses to the five questions in teams of 3-4 students. Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Whitney Peake and Teran Sundy