Tag: family business succession planning

AI in Family Business: Why Brain Capital Is Your Real Competitive Advantage

AI can speed analysis and recommendations, but it cannot build trust or regulate conflict. Here's why Brain Capital -- judgment, resilience, and governance maturity -- will determine whether family Read more

How Families Can Re-Engage Reluctant Successors Without Pressure

Successors recommit when roles align with their values, skills, and life stage—and when family dynamics allow earlier experiences to be reinterpreted. Many family firms think about succession when Read more

Rom-Coms Can Complicate Your Succession Planning

Unrealistic depictions of the sacrifices and tradeoffs of family business leadership -- streamed repeatedly -- can color younger people’s attitudes towards taking the helm. Popular TV dramas like Read more

Will Your Family Brand Survive New Leadership?

As trillions in family-owned companies shift to next-generation leaders, one critical asset is being ignored: the brand. Here’s why brand value—often nearly 20% of enterprise worth—erodes Read more

Ready to Lead: Building Confidence Across Generations

When families treat readiness as something they cultivate together, succession feels less like a loss and more like a natural next step. Leadership becomes a capacity shared across generations rather Read more

Planning Succession? These 10 Decisions Are Critical

Succession is not a single choice -- It is a chain of choices that interlock and compound. Avoiding any one of them will create friction or ambiguity. Succession is the defining challenge of the Read more

Invite Your Next Gens to Leadership

A family business adviser shares how to improve family dynamics to help younger family members get ready for top roles. To keep a family business within the family, younger family members must be Read more

Here Are the Next Gen's Biggest Worries

Many want to know where they will fit in the family enterprise; how the wealth will be divided; and how the business will be governed as the family grows in complexity. Dann Van Der Vliet, Executive Read more

Things to Consider When Transferring Family Business Ownership

Family business succession involves transferring ownership as well as management. Family circumstances and past events lead to three types of ownership transfers. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was Read more

Will Your Successors See Themselves as Heirs or Entrepreneurs?

Mentoring plays a huge role in shaping how the next generation views the role of family business leader, a study in China shows. “What’s important is not your experiences, but your feelings about Read more