Life After The Top Job: How Family Business Leaders Prepare To Step Down
One of the clearest patterns among leaders who step down successfully is that they begin investing in interests, relationships and activities outside the business well in advance.
Steady At The Helm: Leading Succession Through Uncertainty
A change of Prime Minister, an unsettled tax outlook and a steady drumbeat of speculation about inheritance tax, business property relief and wider reform have left plenty of family business owners wo...
How Family Business Leaders Learn To Feel Less Alone At The Top
Some of the most outwardly confident leaders in family business privately admit to feeling like they are carrying the weight of the company, and the family, almost entirely on their own.
Turning The Family Advantage Into A Genuine Competitive Edge
Successful family firms look closely at what actually makes a family business different, and turned those qualities into a genuine source of competitive advantage rather than something to play down.
Preparing Your Children For The Business Without Pressuring Them Into It
There is a particular tension that sits at the heart of many multigenerational family businesses — one that is rarely spoken about openly, but that shapes some of the most consequential decisions a fa...