At the Family Business Performance Center, we think of business as a competitive sport. When you think of great sports dynasties I can assure you they have a well-thought-out plan for bringing their teams together and creating a winning game plan. One of the most common family business challenges is creating a strong and cohesive family […]
Coach’s Tough Love – embrace change if you want the family business to survive!
Change is difficult. We’re creatures of habit. Especially in a family business where the business has enjoyed a high level of success for many years. Unfortunately past success isn’t a predictor of future success. In fact we know the statistics that only one out of three family businesses will make it successfully into the next generation. For family […]
The Coach’s Best Plays: a RoundUp – Edition 1
Coach Pete describes the best plays he finds in the family business world. Edition 1. A dose of business coaching from Family Business Performance Center.
Coach’s Tough Love – being the oldest sibling doesn’t entitle you to be head of the family business!
One of the most common challenges of family business is to create a succession planning process that enables siblings to compete for positions based upon business acumen and business results. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve arrived in a family business and find the oldest sibling sitting at the head of the table […]
The Face of Future Family Business Leaders
Maintaining harmonious employee relations, planning for the future, and instituting leadership development programs are a vital part of any successful business plan. When the employees are related, however, and the pool of future leaders share names and relationships, transitioning to a new structure may be difficult. Rivalry can exist between “shirt-tail relatives” just as easily as between […]
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