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From Performance to Stewardship: Redesigning the Family Enterprise Board

WEEKLY EDITION • October 1, 2026

Most family enterprise boards perform exactly the job they were designed to do. In this week’s FFI Practitioner, Stephan Roche argues for redesigning the board’s job to support thriving multigenerational family enterprises and offers five principles that separate a family enterprise board built for performance from one built for continuity.

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