Research Applied: FBR Précis for FFI Practitioner
Thank you to this week’s contributor and member of the Applied Research Board, Kavil Ramachandran, for his précis of “Kinship and Gender in Family Firms: New insights into employees’ organizational citizenship behavior.”
FFI Virtual Conference: Professional Development Opportunities
FFI Practitioner and FFI itself are committed to the ongoing professional development of our readers—members and non-members. In this issue we describe the conference sessions that will be held virtually on October 18 and 19.
Keeping the Entrepreneurial Flame Alive: Insights from the Loy Family in Malaysia
Thank you to this week’s contributors from the FFI Asian Circle Virtual Study Group, Mita Dixit and Esther Kong.
Primer on Family Trust Beneficiaries: Things to Consider
In this week’s podcast, FFI Fellow Patricia Angus discusses her most recent book, The Beneficiary Primer: A guide for beneficiaries of family trusts, which serves as a resource for beneficiaries, trustees, advisors, and other practitioners to navigate, administer, and benefit from trusts.
The Tao of Conflict Resolution in Family Businesses
Thanks to this week’s contributors and members of the FFI Asian Circle Virtual Study Group, Yukio Fujimi, Chikako Kishihara, and Kazuyoshi Takei, for their article that provides an overview of the Taoist approach to family therapy.
FFI Practitioner: Practitioner Authors Featured in FFI Virtual Conference
Today we are highlighting FFI strategic objectives with an issue that features presenters at the virtual conference who are also popular authors and interviewees in FFI Practitioner.
Research Applied: FBR Précis for FFI Practitioner
Thank you to this week’s contributor and member of the Applied Research Board, Louisa Brunner, for her précis of “From Intention to Trust to Behavioral Trust: Trust building in family business advising.”
Thoughts on Singapore’s Appeal as the Asian Hub for Family Offices: Information for advisors
The number of family offices established in Singapore has increased considerably over the past several years.
Flexibility is Key to Succession Planning for LGBTQ, Blended Families, Cohabitation, and other Nontraditional Families
Thanks to this week’s contributor, Matthew Erskine, for his article that explores the importance of building flexibility into the estate planning process for advisors working with nontraditional families.
FFI Practitioner: The many facets of family enterprise governance
For years, family enterprise governance has been among the most popular topics for advisors in the field.
FFI Practitioner: Most Popular Articles from the First Quarter of 2021
We hope you’ve been enjoying the articles published in FFI Practitioner so far this year. This week, we’re pleased to share the most popular editions from the first quarter of 2021!
Antifragility: What is it and how does it relate to family businesses?
Thanks to this week’s contributor, Markus Weishaupt, for his article exploring the concept of antifragility and how it may apply to family business clients.
Research Applied: FBR Précis for FFI Practitioner
Thanks to this week’s contributor, Kim Schneider Malek of the FBR Research Applied Board, for her précis of “Founder-Controlled Family Firms, Overconfidence, and Corporate Social Responsibility Engagement: Evidence from Survey Data,” which appears in the March 2021 issue of FBR.
Diary of a Family Enterprise Advisor
Thanks to this week’s contributor, Ruth Steverlynck, for sharing her diary of some insights she’s acquired as a family enterprise advisor.
The B Corp: A global values framework for the family enterprise
Thanks to Brett Coffman for this week’s edition discussing “B Corps” and how related assessments may provide your family enterprise clients a framework to codify family values around a set of corporate principles that relate to discussions of social responsibility.
How We Survived Our First Virtual Family Meeting
Thanks to Shelley Taylor, a family business advisor and family council chair for her own family business, for describing her family’s experience hosting its first virtual family meeting.
Personal Life Crisis: How it can affect leadership in the Family Enterprise
Thanks to Steven Rolfe for this week’s edition about the importance of recognizing the impacts that a family business leader’s personal life crisis can have on the entire enterprise. In his article, Steven shares two examples and his reflections for practitioners to consider when their clients are confronted with such a scenario.
Five Sisters and Two Executors: A case study
Thanks to Vijay Sathe, Alfredo Enrione, Donna Finley for this week’s edition, which is a case study about how five sisters, who suddenly and unexpectedly inherited their father’s businesses, and how they dealt with the influence of two executors to reach harmonious ownership of the family enterprise.
From the Managing Editor: Moving forward in 2021
As we embark upon a new year for FFI Practitioner, we are pleased to share a letter about the year ahead from our Managing Editor, Dan Frosh.
FFI Practitioner: Most Popular Articles of 2020
As 2020 comes to a close, you can take a look back at the FFI Practitioner “year that was” by going to www.ffipractitioner.org — where you will find all 50 issues.