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Should Your Next CEO be From Outside the Family?

In her discussion with Matt Nielsen of Nielsen-Massey Vanillas International, Editor Kimberly Eddleston goes into a sensitive topic for many family firms: whether an outside leader is better equipped Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

New Ways Business Owners Can Use Boards

  For his work helping business-owning families develop successful decision-making and transition Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

One Family, Multiple Businesses: Preserving Harmony and Profits

For business or emotional reasons, sometimes one family ends up with more than one business under its umbrella. An entrepreneurial, ambitious family member may want to launch a new venture, or a Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Developing Your Business Family Strategy: Where to Start and What to Consider

Successful, long-lasting business families share an understanding of what is important to them, what Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Isabel C Botero , Arist von Schlippe and Torsten Groth

How 'Job Creators' Think

enhanced performance.Thus, we offer the following hypothesis, where total employment growth represents success Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: Keith Brigham , Ron Mitchell and Jeff Stambaugh

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, Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Assessments Can Help Develop Family Business Leaders

  For example, assessments help business leaders discover predictors of job success – not only the Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Author: Doug Gray, PhD

When Entrepreneurs Have Trouble with Monogamy: It's Their Cognitive Style

The underlying premise is that previous ownership experience should translate into greater success of Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: Keith Brigham , Ritch Sorenson and James Hoffman

Family Offices: The Sober Guardians of Family Wealth

Family businesses, and the wealth they create, are run by human beings, who can be impulsive. When the wealth is substantial, often an impartial third party is the best choice to manage this wealth Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

To Engage Business Students, Roll Out 'the Barrels'

Integrate how Pappy Barrel could be expected to handle succession into your responses. Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Whitney Peake and Teran Sundy