Karen Vinton’s Executive Summaries recap two articles from the June 2013 issue of FBR. In Is Nepotism Good or Bad? Types of Nepotism and Implications for Knowledge Management the authors look at two categories of nepotism, reciprocal and entitlement. Each type plays a different role in the effect of nepotism on the family business and the … Continue reading »
Read our interview with Jeff Ahola, CEO of The Ahola Corporation, a family-owned, national payroll and workforce management company that provides tools and resources for family enterprises. Jeff was a participant in the May conference, Capital City Family Reunion, organized by Family Enterprise -USA. Practitioner: Why did you decide to come to Washington to meet … Continue reading »
The Practitioner is pleased to bring you the first in a series of preview articles from the FBR September 2013 Special Issue on Advising Family Enterprise, co-edited by Trish Reay, University of Alberta, and W. Gibb Dyer, Brigham Young University. This week’s feature is: The Effects of Goal Orientation and Client Feedback on the Adaptive … Continue reading »
This week’s blog from the Practitioner features five of the Financial Time’s Global MBA Rank 2013. Please enjoy the latest takes on some familiar family enterprise topics from thought leaders around the world! Let’s start with INSEAD where FFI’s own Randel Carlock discusses the application of positive psychology to the ever popular topic of sibling … Continue reading »
Two types of stress punctuate personal experience. Eustress (pleasant or curative stress) is inspirational and motivational. Distress destroys. Work-life balance depends on a manageable mix between the two and mismanagement has serious consequences. The clients with whom the distressed professionals interact may detect the symptoms before the advisor/consultant does. In this article John Lanier says … Continue reading »
According to today’s blogger Greg McCann, students who are members of family enterprises, whether or not they have worked or will work in the business, should have at least a basic grounding in how family firms operate. For the professional family enterprise advisors, college and university family business programs can be valuable educational tools for … Continue reading »
In her article, “How Coaching and Consulting Work Together to Complete the Puzzle of the Sustainable Change,” Carmen Lence examines the challenge of facing change in a family enterprise and how the coach and the consultant working together can create stability around what is often a fearful moment in the life of the family and … Continue reading »
