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Family Business - Succession

Succession is a challenge for family businesses the world over and covers both the areas of management and ownership as well as the transition from one generation to the next which needs careful planning and consideration to minimise the potential affects.

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Family Businesses Shouldn’t Hunt for Superstar CEO’s

Family Businesses Shouldn’t Hunt for Superstar CEO’s

It’s a dilemma that faces family businesses all too frequently. We saw it recently when we worked with a $4 billion global manufacturing...

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Steering A Path Through An Unplanned Transition

Steering A Path Through An Unplanned Transition

Two years after her parents passed away, 63-year- old Alice Tazzi* found herself in a frustrating situation. As with several other recent...

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Succession – The Elephant In The Room!

Succession – The Elephant In The Room!

Succession planning is always on the family business agenda. However, it can be one of the hardest conversations to have because it...

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Family Business Longevity In Three Steps

Family Business Longevity In Three Steps

Morten Bennedsen, INSEAD Professor of Economics and Political Science shares some lessons from the UK’s oldest privately owned bank,...

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The Succession Pipeline

The Succession Pipeline

Founding and growing a business is one thing, but passing the baton is just as important. In private and family enterprises, it’s...

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Family Business Succession & Governance

Family Business Succession & Governance

Family business practitioners see the investigation of differentness family to family and detail to detail as the heart of today’s...

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Family Business Succession & Governance

Family Business Succession & Governance

Family business practitioners see the investigation of differentness family to family and detail to detail as the heart of today’s...

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Preparing Your Family Business For Sale

Preparing Your Family Business For Sale

There comes a time when most families seek to sell their business, whether it be five years after its creation or two hundred years. The...

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Senior Moments

Senior Moments

Family businesses benefit by leveraging knowledgeable senior family leaders with innovative members of the next generation. Research...

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5 Signs That It’s Time To Sell The Family Business

5 Signs That It’s Time To Sell The Family Business

Owning and operating a family business is a big part of the American dream. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 90% of all North American...

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Rising To The Challenge Of Succession

Rising To The Challenge Of Succession

Finding a family successor is one of the greatest challenges for family firms but when done correctly, it will deliver value for the...

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Five Challenges That Could Derail Succession

Five Challenges That Could Derail Succession

Chinese family firms are a force for change in China, bringing a renewed interest in family entrepreneurship to the forefront....

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