An Interview with FFI 2013 Keynote Robert Sapolsky
Today The Practitioner sits down with Dr. Robert Sapolsky, Mac Arthur Genius Fellow and the Opening Keynote Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at the FFI Global Conference in San Diego.
Haunted Mansion: Secrets and Ghosts in Client Families
Even the most astute and thoughtful advisor can lose sight of issues which, if unaddressed, threaten to destroy the stability of the family enterprise.
The Most Trusted Advisor and the Subtle Advice Process in Family Firms
The Practitioner is very pleased to feature the last of the five articles in the historic September Special Issue of FBR on Advising Family Enterprises.
The Transparency Myth in Family Enterprises: The big reveal or less is more
In this week’s blog, Jamie Weiner of Inheriting Wisdom, raises some thought-provoking questions on what families and their enterprises should reveal and when, questioning the prevailing notion of advocating transparency as the “best practice” in family enterprise advising.
The Fascination with the Family Bank
This blog by Kirby Rosplock of GenSpring Family Office raises some critical issues for advisors to consider when suggesting a family bank to their clients.
A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step: Learning from 100 year family enterprises
This issue is a précis of an August 2013 research paper by Dennis Jaffe entitled “Good Fortune: Building a Hundred Year Family Enterprise.” It includes a summary of some counterintuitive results as well as helpful suggestions for practitioners.
Healthy Relationships Build Shareholder Value
This week’s article, “Healthy Relationships Build Shareholder Value,” explores five key concepts as a framework for developing multi-generational enterprises.
Structure and Integration: The Architecture of Succession
This week’s edition of The Practitioner addresses the transitions involved in family enterprise succession and describes how two structural techniques often employed in family enterprise.
How Does Knowledge Sharing among Advisors from Different Disciplines Affect the Quality of the Services Provided to the Family Business Client?
Today we have new twist on an old topic — multidisciplinary advising! For more than 25 years the Practitioner has lobbied for this approach. Many family enterprises globally have agreed.
Succession Crisis? Fostering Next Gen in China
In this issue Kevin Au, professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong discusses how advisors can help with the potential succession crisis in China. The background for this is a Reuters article, Dying out?
Passive Stakeholders: Avoiding Surprises
This week’s issue of The Practitioner provides insights on how to avoid surprises and conflicts with passive stakeholders in a family enterprise.
Best Practices for Family Owner Governance? Research Provided and Opinions Wanted!
This issue of The Practitioner features a blog, based on an article, based on an upcoming book – all on the topic of Family Owner Governance.
Do We Need to Use an Accountant? The Sales Growth and Survival Benefits to Family SMEs
In the third article of the FBR Special Issue on Family Enterprise Advising, “Do We Need to Use an Accountant?” the conventional wisdom of using accountants is discussed from a sales growth and survival benefit approach.
Fighting for the Crown: The father/son relationship in first generation family enterprises
This week the Practitioner features an article by Moveed Fazail, Founder & President of International Family Business Group (IFBG), on the age-old topic of father/son relationships in first generation family enterprises.
Transitional Leadership of Advisors as a Facilitator of Successors’ Leadership Construction
This week’s Practitioner features the second of five articles from the FBR Special Issue on advising family enterprise.
The Roleski Constitution: A Young Company’s Desire to Keep Family Firm over Generations
This week’s article by Jacek Lipiec, assistant professor at the Warsaw School of Economics, describes the process by which Firma Roleski developed a family business constitution.
Family Business Review Podcast Interviews with Distinguished Researchers
This week’s Practitioner looks at four recent podcast interviews conducted by Family Business Review assistant editor Karen Vinton. She talks with leading thinkers in the field about the articles they have published in FBR this year.
Family Business Governance: A never ending challenge and a new area for research?
Family Business Governance: A never ending challenge and a new area for research? Prof. Wolf Nietzer, MBA, LL.M.
Research Applied: FBR Summaries for The Practitioner June 2013
Karen Vinton’s Executive Summaries recap two articles from the June 2013 issue of FBR. In Is Nepotism Good or Bad? Types of Nepotism and Implications for Knowledge Management the authors look at two categories of nepotism, reciprocal and entitlement.
US Public Policy and Family Enterprise: An Interview with CEO Jeff Ahola
Read our interview with Jeff Ahola, CEO of The Ahola Corporation, a family-owned, national payroll and workforce management company that provides tools and resources for family enterprises.