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…
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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…
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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…
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"All you need is love," sang the Beatles. But if the Fab Four had been family business owners, the lyric should rightly have been written, "All you need is trust."…
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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…
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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…
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With the speed of business moving faster than ever, who in your business is minding the future? What can you do TODAY to plan for the future of your family…
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The children's game of tug of war loses its charm when it is played verbally by adult siblings in a family business over a conference table. As adults, the rope…
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"I never thought I would leave the family business." says the 46 year old unemployed heir of a $20 million Texas based light manufacturing and distribution company. "But when Dad got…
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