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Team Exercise: How Parenting Styles Affect The Next Generation

In this exercise, teams of students are required to research a parenting style and provide examples of Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Isabel C Botero

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

Advice for Non-Family Executives in Family Businesses

Ritch Sorenson, Professor of Family Business at the University of St Thomas in Minneapolis, once worked at a bank founded by his grandfather.  When it closed, he felt a personal loss that Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Ritch Sorenson

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

developed by portfolio entrepreneurs (Iacobucci and Rosa, 2010); the prevalence of teams in the firms Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: Keith Brigham , Ritch Sorenson and James Hoffman

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

simple tools that help companies get strong in these areas: Vision - Everyone on the leadership team Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Sara Stern

Real-Life Drama: Creating a TV Series Based on a Family Business

The Project To briefly describe the project, teams of students are required to pitch a television series Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Your Family Needs An Emergency Succession Plan

Who moves up into the Leadership Team? Who communicates with the key stakeholders? Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

Choosing a Board of Directors for a Family Business

, then instruct the teams to come to a consensus as to who will be selected for the board. Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Whitney Peake

Designing and Experiencing the Family Business Advisory

Students work in teams of 3 - 5, forming the family business advisory groups. Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Marta Widz