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Family businesses are the backbone of economies the world over. They also face unique issues due to the very nature of their ownership.

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A Family Farm, Spirited Traditions & Sustainability In Every Drop At Arbikie

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A Family Farm, Spirited Traditions & Sustainability In Every Drop At Arbikie

Arbikie stands as far more than just a distillery. It is the embodiment of a family’s deep-rooted connection to the land.

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Leadership: Becoming A Better Boss

Leadership: Becoming A Better Boss

It’s often said that people don’t leave companies; they leave bosses. That’s because no one has a greater impact on the day-to-day life...

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Transforming From A Manager Into A Leader

Transforming From A Manager Into A Leader

Managing a team of people comes with a new level of responsibilities. But have you ever considered the vast difference between being a...

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Empower & Engage: The Key To Developing Teams In Innovative Companies

Empower & Engage: The Key To Developing Teams In Innovative Companies

When employers are looking to build up a team for an innovative project, they can often fall into the trap of looking for someone new...

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The Leadership Seven: What Makes Effective Leaders?

The Leadership Seven: What Makes Effective Leaders?

What do successful family businesses have in common? The answer is: effective leadership. Without highly effective leaders at every...

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Family Business Leadership Through A Crisis

Family Business Leadership Through A Crisis

There have been crises before, some of them larger than others, but it is probably true to say that family business leaders have never...

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12 Ways To Positively Impact Employee Engagement

12 Ways To Positively Impact Employee Engagement

How your leaders (and line managers) communicate and behave has a huge impact on the shape of your family business company culture. For...

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How Conversational Capacity Can Improve Workplace Communication

How Conversational Capacity Can Improve Workplace Communication

When people leave organizations, they often cite poor workplace communication as a top reason for moving on. But in the age of the...

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Leaning Into Difference – The Key To Solving Tough Problems

Leaning Into Difference – The Key To Solving Tough Problems

Mahatma Gandhi said that “Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress” whilst M. Scott Peck observed that “Life is a series...

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What is Conversational Capacity And Why Does It Matter?

What is Conversational Capacity And Why Does It Matter?

“Management’s business is building organizations that work,” says Harvard Business School’s Joan Magretta, and conversational capacity is...

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6 Factors That Comprise A Company’s Culture

6 Factors That Comprise A Company’s Culture

“Corporate culture” is a buzz phrase that’s been going around for over a decade now, though the actual meaning behind this hot topic is...

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Principles To Fire Up Your Digital Marketing

Principles To Fire Up Your Digital Marketing

How can you keep up with the ever-changing requirements of digital marketing? We spoke to Cristina Plamadeala from Toastmasters...

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Text Messaging’s Untapped Potential

Text Messaging’s Untapped Potential

Trillions of texts are sent every day (we’re going to define text messaging as a wide catch-all for SMS and chat apps such as WhatsApp,...

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Family Business United (‘FBU’) is an unparalleled rallying point and voice for the global family business community and an invaluable source of insight into the sector.  FBU is a resource for all, family businesses of all sizes and sectors, and their advisers, helping to raise the profile of the family business sector and to encourage greater awareness of the contribution that family firms make to the global economy through employment, income generation, wealth creation and charitable endeavours.

At FBU, everything we do is about the family business, creating the best resource available to help families in business get access to the resources and support they need to continue their family business journey, wherever it will take them.

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