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The Biggest Mistakes Family Businesses Make With Their Boards

 Astrachan also discusses the four practices that encourage family business leadership and boards Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Becoming the Boss: Advice for Women in Family Businesses

Familybusiness.org editor Kimberly Eddleston explores how women and their families can prepare for new leadership Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

'There's No Birthright' and Other Tips for Raising Entrepreneurial Leaders

Joe Brito, the third-generation head of C.B. Utility Co. in Bristol, Rhode Island, started his career in the family business as a laborer.  He firmly believes that anybody entering their family Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

The 'Fredo Factor:' How Deadbeats and Troublemakers Hurt Family Businesses

The Corleones of "Godfather" fame are an extreme example of a “family business.” But like many family businesses, they have a family member who is a serious hindrance to their business, is less Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Advice for Family Business Successors: Be Humble and Curious

  David Bentall found out the hard way that his leadership of his family's construction and real Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

How Family Business Leaders Can Encourage Both Devotion and Performance

Family businesses have unique strengths and unique problems because they blend two identities -- "family" and "business" -- whose priorities are often at odds. While the family identity nurtures Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Roland Kidwell and Kathryn Kloepfer

A Father/Son Sitdown: Howard and Steven Aldrich

Becoming a part of Intuit was really a management and leadership education for me beyond what I learned Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Howard E. Aldrich

Diversify Your Family's Risks by Returning to Its Entrepreneurial Roots

family control gives them a long-term perspective on investments and performance, stability in leadership Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

What Family Businesses Should be Doing Now

the higher health risks of older family members offer a chance for next gen members to take on leadership Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

She Always Gives Her All to the Family Firm -- but He Follows the Leader

We asked the CEOs questions to gauge their organization’s leadership style, such the degree to which Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Kristen Madison