Given the fascination – and headlines – devoted to family shenanigans at companies like Adelphia, Imclone, and Martha Stewart Inc., it is no wonder that myths of family business continue…
It’s no secret that a family business advisor needs considerable skill at untangling complicated personal relationships in addition to expertise in business areas such as financial management, strategy, and succession…
Children who are indulged in bloated salaries and do-nothing jobs aren’t being helped and will likely not be happier as a result. And these types of indulgences significantly hurt the business.
Chances are good that a long-lived family business will eventually be led by a sibling team. Despite sharing common values, siblings face real obstacles when cast in the top leadership spot.
Managing Partner of REGENERATION, Elle Hansen, shares her thoughts about a unique time during her work as a family business consultant and how it impacted her and her clients In…
Over the years I have received several e-mails questioning the merits of working outside the family business when a job is waiting for them inside it. Here is one such…
DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GETTING INTO? Someone you love has named you the executor of their estate in their will. Aside from feeling pleased that they respected your…
When pop musician David Bowie issued $55 million of ten-year bonds secured by royalties from his first 25 albums, institutional investors snapped them up immediately. Moody’s Investor Services gave the…