8 Insights from Long-Lasting Global Enterprising Families

8 Insights from Long-Lasting Global Enterprising Families

After an entrepreneur or wealth creator has developed a successful business or family wealth, what is the next act? They often believe that the important work is already done. All they expect from their children and successors is that they don’t waste or lose it. Is that really enough? Or are there important tasks ahead for the generations that follow.
8 Insights from Long-Lasting Global Enterprising Families2022-02-10T02:17:44-08:00

A 6-Step Path to Revitalizing Your Family Governance

A 6-Step Path to Revitalizing Your Family Governance

Governance demands a lot of engagement and continual effort by a family. Once a business family has invested in creating family and business governance, how do they sustain the dedication, energy and commitment to keep it going?
A 6-Step Path to Revitalizing Your Family Governance2022-01-26T02:39:03-08:00

Blended Generations – When Thinking Generationally Breaks Down

Blended Generations - When Thinking Generationally Breaks Down

As life expectancy has expanded and the world has become more interconnected, family business leaders face an unprecedented challenge – just ask the Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles of the British Royal Family! Before our current era, succession in a family enterprise presented a clear and discrete dividing line between generations.
Blended Generations – When Thinking Generationally Breaks Down2022-01-25T22:09:30-08:00

Caught in the Crossfire – The Bridge Generation in Cross-Cultural Family Enterprises

Caught in the Crossfire - The Bridge Generation in Cross-Cultural Family Enterprises

Rishi Patel felt caught in the middle. His very traditional father, Jagdish Patel, had founded a small pharmaceutical company in India which had expanded in size and reach until the family achieved prosperity far beyond any initial expectations. He now expected the family enterprise to pass eventually to Rishi’s two sons and daughter – Jagdish’s grandchildren – who were currently either in university or graduate programs in London, excelling in the sciences or law.
Caught in the Crossfire – The Bridge Generation in Cross-Cultural Family Enterprises2022-01-25T22:20:23-08:00

Four Paths to Building a Great Business Family

Four Paths to Building a Great Business Family

It’s common knowledge that only a handful of business families continue beyond the third generation as a family with a shared enterprise. How can younger families prepare to join that exclusive club? To gain insights into this question, our research team interviewed members of 100 large, global families.
Four Paths to Building a Great Business Family2022-01-25T22:02:48-08:00

The Resilient Single Family Office: A Development Perspective

The Resilient Single Family Office: A Development Perspective

A cliché in the wealth advisory industry observes, “If you’ve seen one single family office, you’ve seen one single family office”. The implication is that single family offices, or simply family offices, come in all shapes and sizes with few possible generalisations.
The Resilient Single Family Office: A Development Perspective2022-01-25T22:02:14-08:00

A Survey of Enterprising Families’ Governance Practices

A Survey of Enterprising Families' Governance Practices

Our exclusive study examines how families manage their family councils, family assemblies and other tools and structures.
A Survey of Enterprising Families’ Governance Practices2022-01-25T22:14:34-08:00

Engaging Your Children in Management of Family Wealth or Business

Engaging Your Children in Management of Family Wealth or Business

After building a successful business, founders often shift to concern about passing it on to their “rising” generation heirs. How will the family wealth affect them?
Engaging Your Children in Management of Family Wealth or Business2020-09-17T07:26:15-07:00

From Traditional to Blended Cultures

From Traditional to Blended Cultures

Cultures in different regions of the world generate various patterns influencing business families as they integrate personal relationships, parenting, and commerce.
From Traditional to Blended Cultures2020-09-17T07:28:26-07:00

Fourth Culture Rising

Fourth Culture Rising

In the 21st-century environment for business and wealth, families are rapidly converging in their values, behaviour and way of life. This convergence does not always proceed without conflict, however.
Fourth Culture Rising2020-09-17T07:26:57-07:00
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