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Thought Leader Dennis Jaffe: What the Best Family Businesses Get Right

  Dennis Jaffe is a thought leader on family businesses -- an organizational consultant and clinical Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

The Best Family Business Boards Embrace Candor and 'Necessary Endings'

we’ve seen first-hand how strong boards can help family businesses be more successful. Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Hermut Kormann

Why Does EOS/Traction Work So Well for Family Businesses?

Imagine this not so uncommon family business situation. Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Sara Stern

Firm But Flexible Parents Raise the Best Family Business Leaders

In their aim to raise the next generation of family business leaders, parents often question if their Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston , Kristen Shanine and Kristen Madison

Coronavirus: 10 Things That Family Businesses Can Do Now

Over the next few weeks we will be publishing articles on familybusiness.org and EIX.org to help businesses Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

How Family Firms Help Non-Family Employees Feel Like Family

Family businesses often behave in unique ways: They forego business opportunities to retain the family Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Peter Jaskiewicz , Josh Hsueh , Elizabeth Tetzlaff and Giovanna Campopiano

How Family Business Leaders Can Encourage Both Devotion and Performance

Family businesses have unique strengths and unique problems because they blend two identities -- "family Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Roland Kidwell and Kathryn Kloepfer

Why Family Firms Are Like Jenga

With ties that bind emotionally and legally, family businesses are different from non-family firms:  Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Family Firm Values Start at an Early Age

Values, as she points out, help children become responsible stewards of the family business when it's Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston