Advice For Family Business Managers
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Enhancing Communication with the Board
31st July 2019
This guide helps you structuring dialogue between owners and the board, establishing role clarity over areas where the owners have final control, and promoting a culture where messaging is consistent and supported by defined channels of communication.
Professionalising the Board
29th July 2019
How do you build a balanced family business board including owner representatives, with criteria for their appointment, non-family talent and independent directors? And how do you organise the board to establish a collaborative working culture?
Managing Differences
17th July 2019
This Family Business Challenges Guide provides insights on recognising the natural risk of conflict and highlighting its common causes. Identifying foreseeable challenges and creating a family business conflict prevention environment, including strategies for managing the associated risks.
Building Family Governance
15th July 2019
This Family Business Challenges Guide explores the twin facets of family business governance: corporate and family. Delineating decision making for the owners and the business respectively. Protocols, structures and procedures to help the family speak with one voice.
Planning Succession
10th July 2019
This Family Business Challenges Guide looks at the process of generational transitions. Anticipating ownership and management issues related to succession planning. Asking if the next generation are ready, willing and able – as well as should the business be family owned?
Engaging the Next Generation
8th July 2019
The fourth in our Challenges Guides series looks at how to develop the next generation’s interest in the business in preparation for assuming ownership and/or management roles.
Developing Stewardship
3rd July 2019
The third in our Challenges Guides series looks at how to build and pass down an enhanced legacy to future generations. And how to leverage family, people, financial and social capital to drive performance.
Understanding Family Business
1st July 2019
An introduction to the main family business concepts, defining where and how family firms are distinctive. How to plot your family firm’s stage of development, plus the varying and often overlapping roles, motivations and expectations of family members.