Practitioners and the Role of the Family Champion
Family enterprise practitioners use the foundational belief that our work occurs in the intersections between the business, family and ownership groups.
Is “Ready, Willing and Able” Enough?
As practioners who work with business families, we are often asked to bring our outsider’s perspective to help families objectively evaluate the capabilities of their human resources.
Position Open: Chief Collaboration Officer (CCO)
The Foster Family Conundrum The Foster family was sitting around its kitchen table just as it always had to discuss the upcoming promotion for their Fall line of pet accessories.
The Systemic Perspective at the Family Enterprise Field
In this brief article, I will quickly talk about the systemic perspective and cover some frequent dynamics that we find at family enterprises, while trying to give recommendations for professionals working with those types of enterprises.
Addiction, Advisors and Alliances: Working together to address complex family issues
Even within the healthiest family systems, advisors to high net worth families have to balance competing agendas, challenging family dynamics and the preservation of wealth.
Daughters in Family Enterprises: Implications and opportunities for family practitioners
Daughters raised in family businesses in the Millennial generation are increasingly seeking the opportunity to be leaders at work and within their communities.
A Western Woman Advising Saudis on Governance: Cultural differences & similarities
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a “closed” country: a visa is needed to enter, and they are not easily granted.
Family Harmony Myth in Spain and Latin America
Have you ever found a family harmony myth in your family client? Probably we all meet these myths when working with our clients.
Family Enterprises Cases
This week’s Practitioner focuses on cases and ways they are being used in the field by educators and practitioners as they work with and study family enterprises around the world.
An Interview with Charles Duhigg
This issue is the second in a series of three interviews with keynote presenters at the FFI global conference, October 8-11 in Washington, DC.
An Interview with Peter Buffett
In this week’s issue Maya Prabhu, who is managing director of the Coutts Institute, Coutts & Co. in London and also runs the Coutts Forums for Philanthropy, interviews Peter Buffett about his unique upbringing.
Research Applied: FBR Précis for the Practitioner
We continue our series of Research Applied with summaries and practical applications of two articles on philanthropy from the September Special Issue of FBR: Social Issues in the Family Enterprise Does Family Involvement Make Firms Donate More?
The Evolving Context of Family Enterprise Consulting in the Caribbean
The private sector in the Caribbean is comprised of a relatively small number of large multinational and national or regional firms, a larger number of medium-sized entities, and a preponderance of small/micro enterprises [1].
An Interview with Jay Hughes
his week’s issue is an interview with the distinguished Jay Hughes who discusses key elements of his new co-authored book, The Voice of the Rising Generation: Family Wealth and Wisdom. Many thanks to Jay.
A Triple Requirement for Family Businesses
Thanks to Sylvain Daudel of the EDHEC Family Business Center for a thoughtful article and practical advice on how to increase the inter-generational transmission rate in a complex, global, competitive and uncertain environment.
Publishing Qualitative Research: A précis for academics
One of the important constituencies in the family enterprise field is the academic community that provides research, both quantitative and qualitative for the family enterprises themselves and for the advisors and consultants who work with them.
Regulators as Constituents: Update on US tax policy and the family enterprise
The past three years have featured quite the roller coaster ride of federal tax policy, and advisors to high net worth families are wise to take note of recent action that has shifted the legal and financial landscape for their clients.
Building Constituencies through Generations
Boris Matijas interviews Ulrich Maybach, Director of Global Strategy for Maybach Icons of Luxury. Maybach discusses the history of alliances and cycles that the firm has had during its more than 150-year family business history.
Representing Family Constituencies: The role of the family council
I am a fifth generation owner of a 165 year-old manufacturing business based in the Midwest.
Family Philanthropy: The glue but not the panacea!
In many countries where we work with family enterprises, there is a long history of family philanthropy and its legacy is significant. Giving as a family can be especially rewarding.