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Succession-Planning


Succession Planning - Preparing The Next Generation
As an experienced Family Business Advisor, I understand the unique dynamics, joys, and challenges that come with passing the torch to the...
Feb 27, 2024


The Difficulties Associated With Succession Planning
Family business succession planning is a complex and challenging process that involves transferring leadership and ownership from one...
Feb 15, 2024


Is The First Generational Transition The Hardest?
The transition from a first-generation family business to a second generation is a complex process fraught with challenges for many...
Nov 27, 2023


Why Family Business Owners Struggle To Let Go
Running a family business for many business owners is a privilege and something that they take incredibly seriously. Over their time in...
Sep 5, 2023


Developing A Next Generation Development Plan For The Family Business
Succession planning and the engagement of the next generation and their development are key aspects that should be on the agenda for all...
Aug 29, 2023


Passing The Baton To The Next Generation Of Manufacturing Leaders
Jonathan Burke, partner and head of the industrial manufacturing leadership practice at executive search specialist, Berwick Partners ,...
Aug 17, 2023


How To Deliver A Smooth CEO Transition
When a new CEO has been appointed that is only the first part of the succession process complete. The second stage is the all-important...
Aug 17, 2023


Preparing For Exit And Protecting Your Wealth
Mike Wardlaw from Tilney sets out the key considerations for business owners Building a successful business takes years of hard work and...
Jun 23, 2023


The Challenges Of Succession
Leadership succession is inevitable for most family businesses. Unfortunately all too often it is recognised as an issue but put to one...
Jun 23, 2023


A Five Year Family Business Succession Planning Checklist
In business there are few greater questions than what comes next. This is especially true in family companies, where work is always...
Jun 23, 2023


Four Simple Rules For Succession Planning
How to keep the business – and the family – running smoothly into the next generation and beyond as the building blocks of a national...
Jun 23, 2023


Understanding Some Of The Common Succession Dilemmas & Myths
Succession is a term used by many people for many different things. Here we look at what succession is all about, some of the challenges...
Jun 23, 2023


Good Boundaries; Good Family Business Relationships
Sometimes, the informality of working in some family business can be a great blessing… or a dreadful curse. Here, Rochelle Clarke of Succession Strength looks at some of the ways that can enhance and maintain good family business relationships. For some successors and other family members, the relaxed atmosphere of working with family provides welcome space to be themselves. For others, it frustratingly turns work/life balance into a hopeless illusion. Sooner or later, most
Jun 23, 2023


What Is The Family Business Really Worth?
One of the common questions asked of an adviser by any family business owners is how to attribute a value to the family business and how...
Jun 23, 2023


Keep It In The Family By Planning For Succession
Succession is often not dealt with until it needs to be implemented. Succession planning is an area that many family businesses struggle...
Jun 23, 2023


Handing Down The Family Business
Multi-generational businesses are extremely common in the UK and Essex is no exception. In fact, according to a report prepared by Oxford...
Oct 2, 2022


Journeying Into Life After The Family Business
For many people working in the family business the thought of stepping back and no longer being actively involved on a daily basis is...
Jul 14, 2022


Following In A Successful Founder's Footsteps
Stepping into leadership of a family business is not always easy, especially when you are following a successful founder. For Roberto,...
Mar 12, 2022


Navigating Succession Of The Family Business
The pandemic has prompted many family businesses to re-evaluate their future, review their operations and brought family governance and...
Feb 12, 2022


Four Factors For An Effective CEO Succession
The media coverage of “The Great Resignation” has raised the profile of the ongoing and critical role of the board in succession...
Jun 23, 2021

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