Creating Interdisciplinary Teams
Family business advisors often discuss “how to create an interdisciplinary team?” As with many questions, the answer sometimes becomes clearer when the right question is asked.
Research Applied: FBR Summaries for The Practitioner
The Practitioner brings you Executive Summaries from FBR Assistant Editor Karen Vinton, covering a range of topics that are true north on a practitioner’s professional compass.
Addiction in the Family Business: An interview with Christopher Kennedy Lawford
Last week, The Practitioner caught up with Chris on his US book tour. James Olan Hutcheson, an FFI Fellow and advocate on this issue, was able to sit down with Chris.
Love may not keep us together: Working collaboratively to advise family firms.
In my work as a family business advisor, I have had numerous opportunities to collaborate with a registered clinical counsellor who specializes in family therapy.
Around the World in Four Recaps
n this year’s final installment of Karen Vinton’s Executive Summaries, The Practitioner recaps four stellar research articles, with a true overall international bent.
Case Study: Succession Planning in the Palliative Care Unit
Succession Planning in the Palliative Care Unit John Geddes Succession planning is often delayed or avoided due a number of reasons. And while the details may differ client to client, failure in this area is a phenomenon common to many family enterprises. The following story details a difficult and complicated situation for one of my clients. Bill, aged 68, had an 80% majority ownership in a third-generation glass cutting and installation business in the Mid-West US, which I’ll call “OM Glaziers”--“OM” for short. The company cut and installed glass shower stalls for condo
Take A Seat…Cautiously!
In this week’s guest article, contributor Randy Waesche discusses how advisors should be aware of the fiduciary responsibilities they face when taking a seat on the board of a company they advise.
Research Briefs: The latest FBR research for Practitioners
This issue of Executive Summaries from FBR Assistant Editor, Karen Vinton, covers a range of topics, from the use of storytelling in an effort to foster business growth to the pros and cons of paternalism in family enterprises.
The Doctor is In
This week The Practitioner brings you an interview with an MD, MBA turned Family Business Advisor.
Managing Complexity: Coaches and Advisors
As a third-generation family business owner, I understand the many complexities facing family enterprises—issues I simply could not appreciate as a child growing up in such a business.
Rethinking our Role(s) as Practitioners
The marketing and selling of professional services makes most of us uncomfortable. Many of us may not realize that our clients know the difference between “marketing” and “selling”.
Listening to Learn
We hope that our ongoing interview series has been keeping you informed of the latest research, developments and thought leaders in the field.
Interview with Joachim Vandaele, CEO of TrustedFamily
Joachim Vandaele: TrustedFamily was established with the objective of uniting families, and keeping them together.
Sharing the Wealth
When it comes to trust and estate planning for family enterprises, prudent tax strategy is king.
Research Brief: Latest FBR Research for Practitioners
Well, the time has come again for Karen Vinton to recap Family Business Review’s stellar research offerings and provide insight for practitioners. This week we offer three Executive Summaries.
Online Education: The Future of Learning
When it comes to the rise of online education, the writing is on the wall…or more accurately: on the computer monitor! Yet a healthy number of people remain skeptical of the online approach. This is precisely why I’m eager for you to read this week’s Guest Blog entry by Jane Hilburt-Davis, who’s been closely following multiple studies on this subject, conducted by various accredited universities, research firms—and even the U.S. Department of Education, which did a meta-analysis on more than a thousand empirical studies about online learning, to ultimately conclude its
Sustaining the Field, The Families and The Future
“Sustainability” is an oft-heard catchphrase these days—from agriculture and energy to business practices.
Research Briefs: Latest FBR Research for Practitioners
Good research never goes out of style. So this month, we reach back in time to bring you Executive Summaries from editions of Family Business Review past from Karen Vinton who was more than game to rise to the challenge. And although this trio of recaps harks back from the March 2012 issue of FBR--when FBR first began the Executive Summary initiative, some of the articles originally ran in 2011. To bend your mind even further, Summary 3 reviews three books that should be on all practitioners’ "must-read” list—thoughtfully summed up by Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Frank
Investing in Infrastructure
Today’s blog entry and accompanying article bring you something different: a granular investment idea that advisors can bring to their clients.
Knowing Your Target Audience
Having a clear picture of your core demographic isn’t just a golden rule in advertising; it’s also an important piece of information in advising family enterprises.