Questions every family business needs to ask
The majority of family businesses don't make it through to the next generation. Use these questions to help yours prevail....
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How business families can raise a generation of givers
Trillions of dollars are passing to the next generation. How do you ensure it lands in the right hands? ...
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How can a “family business mentality” improve your digital transformation?
Family businesses might not spring to mind when we imagine organizations at the vanguard of digital business model innovation. But family-owned enterprises are well-equipped for this journey and offer helpful lessons for...
China’s succession panic is a wake-up call for families everywhere
Many Chinese entrepreneurs who set up businesses during the economic liberalization of the late 1970s and 1980s are nearing retirement age without a willing or well-prepared family heir. It’s a timely reminder...
Has your family business changed to reflect the times?
Many families are making the sometimes difficult decision to pivot from their core business models and transform them into purpose-driven ones. Leveraging your assets for the greater good isn’t just good business,...
Are you taking care of the 5 factors necessary for a healthy family business?
Through years of research and working closely with family-owned businesses we have identified five areas that capture the focus of successful and long-lasting family enterprises. Are you giving sufficient attention to each?...
Three factors to consider before creating a family office
Family offices can provide great benefits, including motivation and strengthening cohesion by embedding and sharing goals and actions. However, decisions by the family office can also cause conflict among family members...
The lost generation?
March 10, 2021 • by Peter Vogel, Patrick Reinmoeller, Karl Schmedders in Family business • 6 min read
Family businesses traditionally pull together to survive a crisis, but the dramatic impact of the pandemic has brought even the strongest to their knees. They will have to developnew skills to adapt...
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