How Coaching and Consulting Work Together to Complete the Puzzle of Sustainable Change, an article by Carmen Lence
In any family enterprise, the founders or senior members may doubt their decisions or the family may question their intentions.
Research Applied: FBR Summaries for The Practitioner March 2013
Karen Vinton’s Executive Summaries recap two articles from the March 2013 issue of FBR. In Should My Spouse Be My Partner?
Byte Up! Guest Blog from Boris Matijas
In this issue The Practitioner is pleased to have a blog by FFI member and member of the Practitioner Editorial Board, Boris Matijas.
King Lear’s Fool: The role of advisors
In his article, King Lear’s Fool—The role of advisors, Dean Fowler encourages collaboration among professionals, but also argues for the individual consultant to gain mastery in an area other than his or her field of origin.
Research Applied: FBR Summaries for The Practitioner
These summaries of each article, as well as the articles themselves, serve as tip sheets for the practitioner facing challenges in an engagement. Please don’t forget to share these summaries with friends and colleagues.
No Stone Unturned
“A quiet bias seems to exist among many family business consultants and advisors that keeping the business together, regardless of individual costs, is beneficial and should always be a primary goal".
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.