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We hope you’ve been enjoying the articles and podcasts published in FFI Practitioner so far this year. As September is drawing to a close, it’s once again time to look back at the most popular editions from the last quarter!

FFI Practitioner is pleased to host Adam Ifshin, CEO of DLC Management, and Rocki-Lee DeWitt, Professor of Management in the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont, in a conversation based on their upcoming session at the FFI Global Conference in New York, October 25-27.

Thanks to the FFI Asian Circle Virtual Study Group members, Linda Salim and Kimberly Go for this week’s edition that examines the important role of the Chief Emotional Officer (CEO) in Asian family enterprises.

Thank you to this week’s contributor, Louisa Diana Brunner, for sharing her précis of “Talking About (My) Generation: The Use of Generation as Rhetorical History in Family Business” – an article that appears in the March 2023 issue of FBR.

In this week’s edition of FFI Practitioner, Ricardo Mejia shares his ruminations about the benefits of walking in nature to unleash creativity.

Effectively preparing members of the next generation for a variety of diverse roles within the family enterprise is necessary to ensuring the multigenerational success of the family and its business activities.

With the growing popularity and continued evolution of AI platforms, such as ChatGPT, increased questions have been raised about their ability to complete more complex functions.

Thank you to the FFI Asian Circle Virtual Study Group and to Navneet Bhatnagar for this week’s FFI Practitioner edition, which explores the importance of taking a deliberate approach to developing next-generation family enterprise leaders.

This week we are pleased to continue our series of guest curated FFI Practitioner articles with Farida El Agamy and Ramia El Agamy Khan, sisters and editors of Tharawat Magazine.

Thanks to FFI Fellow Guillermo Salazar for this thought-provoking reflection on “happiness” and how the concept of “dysfunction” can play out in the consulting process.

What should family enterprise clients do to help ensure members of the next generation are prepared to assume ownership of the enterprise when the time comes?

Thank you to Elaine King, this week’s contributor, for her article that provides a model for educating younger next gen family members about financial skills and practices.

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 second quarter of 2023!

Thank you to this week’s contributor, Navneet Bhatnagar, for sharing his précis of “Examining Heterogeneous Configurations of Socioemotional Wealth in Family Firms through the Formalization of Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy” – an article that appears in the June 2023 issue of FBR.

Thank you to this week’s contributor, Maria Milanetti, for her article that presents a simplified model for engaging family enterprise clients in an efficient strategic planning process.

In this week’s FFI Practitioner, contributors Omar Romman and Ben Francois explore the topic of how to balance family member and independent director participation on the board.

The FFI Practitioner podcast is pleased to host Doug Gray, PhD, discussing the field of positive psychology, 360 assessments, and how both can help family enterprise advisors with their clients.

This week’s FFI Practitioner features four sessions to be presented at the October FFI global conference in New York.

This week’s FFI Practitioner concludes a two-part overview by Matthew Erskine and Jonathan Wilson about the Corporate Reporting Act and its impact on family enterprises.

This week we are pleased to continue our series of guest curated FFI Practitioner articles with Paul Andrews, editor of Family Business United.