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The Paradox of Choice: Wealth's Impact on Family Potential
The book The Paradox of Choice , written by Barry Schwartz and first published in 2004, posits that people, in general, suffer a loss of happiness because we have too much choice in everything we
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Practice Insight
Author:
Doug Baumoel
Helicopter Parenting Can Hurt Future Family Business Leaders
The founders of many longstanding family businesses likely had parents who insisted on responsibility and let them learn from their mistakes. This is not so today -- the era of helicopter
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Commentary
Author:
Kimberly Eddleston
Assessments Can Help Develop Family Business Leaders
Assessments, tests, and evaluations are being used more routinely in businesses, and new tools are coming on the market designed specifically for family firms. In our consulting work with families
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Practice Insight
Author:
Doug Gray, PhD
Keeping it in the Family
From left, Jeanne Plumley, her daughter Rebecca Miller and Rebecca's daughter Ellery Editor’s note: This article is part of Lessons from Leaders, a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the
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Category:
Features
Author:
Jennifer Nelson
Family CEO Burnout: How to Prevent, Recognize and Deal With It
Between COVID, supply chain issues, armed invasions, unstable markets, and the great resignation with millions of workers leaving the workforce (Parker & Menasce Horowitz, 2022) – or, more
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Commentary
'Big Family:' Relatives Outside the Family Business Can Help It Thrive
Words like “non-active” or “passive” are misnomers for family business members that work elsewhere. On the contrary, these “satellite” family members are quite active and beneficial to
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Research Insight
Author:
Mat Hughes
The New Family Business Powerhouses: Wives and Moms
Today women hold leadership positions in government, head up Fortune 500 companies, and oversee countless philanthropic programs. Yet in many successful family businesses, the roles of women remain
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Practice Insight
Author:
Amy Hart Clyne
Family Business Experts: How to Survive the Holidays
While the holidays are supposed to bring magic and joy to people’s lives, they are also an immense source of family business conflict, anxiety, and stress. Family can be the root cause of this
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Category:
Commentary
Author:
Kimberly Eddleston
'Let’s Not Go There...' Taboos in Family Business
Family businesses and the families that own them are known for their secrecy and discretion. Keeping a “low profile” can provide useful benefits -- for example, shelter from business
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Applied and Practice
Breaking the Glass Ceiling in a Family Business
Despite decades of striving and some progress, women still face a glass ceiling in many tradition-bound family businesses. In this interview with familybusiness.org Editor Kimberly Eddleston,
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Category:
Interviews
Author:
Kimberly Eddleston
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