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From Solo to Team: Helping Siblings Maintain Your Valuable Outside Relationships

A family business founder or leader often toils for years to cultivate good relationships with people Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Luis Cisneros , Bérangère Deschamps and Sebastien Geindre

How to Fix Succession Conflicts Stemming From Complicated Families

Such conflict might lead to one or more children feeling alienated from the family business. Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Leona Rethmann and Nadine Kammerlander

Advice for Family Business Successors: Be Humble and Curious

leadership of his family's construction and real estate firm wasn't working: his own uncle removed him from Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Successful Successions are Never Smooth

They also make sure current and future leaders as well as the business itself are adaptable and receptive Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan

Playing the Succession Game to Ensure Family Business Continuity

It’s difficult for many families to disentangle the business from the personal, to see their way through Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Shital Jayantilal , Sílvia Jorge and Tomas M. Bañegil Palacios

Family Business Succession Planning: 10 Golden Rules

In turn, the parents heard their childrens' views about the business directly from the kids themselves Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Torsten Groth and Arist von Schlippe

Your Family Needs An Emergency Succession Plan

When Herbert Fisk Johnson, Sr., the leader of SC Johnson, died unexpectedly in 1928, he left no succession Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

A Charismatic Family Business Founder Can Be a Tough Act to Follow

For all kinds of companies including family businesses, a charismatic founder or leader can bring profound Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

How Family Firms Can Prevent (or Cool Down) Sibling Rivalries

, they not only benefit from healthy, supportive sibling relationships but also learn to develop productive Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Jonas Ruzek and Kimberly Eddleston

Succession, Money, and Relationships Were Top-10 Topics in 2023

aspires to be the #1 peer-reviewed resource for thought leadership in family business for owners and leaders Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Mat Hughes and Kimberly Eddleston