23 Posts by Family Business Institute
I’ve plied my trade as a Family Business Solutionist for many years – acting as a best practice adviser, mediator, and strategic problem-solver. Generally, and despite the complexity and unpredictability baked into the sector, most things have worked …
Most professional advisors develop certain habits and ways of working, over time, that become inviolate components of professional practice as automatic processes in their service delivery. Standardised services become commoditised services. Commoditi …
Observations I often observe people seriously over-using the words: “hope” and “hopefully” when outlining their expectations and intentions. This immediately activates my BS radar and every additional utterance of either word make me feel increasingly …
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin Rites are solemn or ceremonial activities. They can be publicly prescriptive, as in religious ceremonies, or priv …
Observations Several decades ago I began to focus the attentions of my commercial dispute resolution practice on family business conflicts. It soon became apparent that, to a far greater extent than with commercial disputes, I needed to really underst …
Observations Mediating family business tensions shows that understanding the characters, personalities, and life stories of relevant family members is at least as important as the technical skills and processes used to help resolve their conflict. With …
Why Business Families Fail (and what advisers can do to prevent disaster: 5 key strategies that can really make a difference). Facilitator: Jon Kenfield, The Solutionist Group (FBI Founder and author of “The Solutionist Guide to Family Business”). O …
Q: How can a family survive when Dad’s missing-in-action and Mum can’t, or won’t, step up? A: Call for Uncle Bob. I was thinking about Mark (70) and Paula (68) and their family, just the other day. Let me tell you their story. Mark and Paula started …
Conflict (noun) = a form of protracted discord between individuals or groups. Conflict (verb) = to clash emotionally, intellectually, materially or physically. Conflict is a form of energy that can be focussed, or unfocussed, on its inbound and outbou …
Presented by: Ross Anderson, Coaching & Leadership International and FBI Faculty We continue to explore the psychological forces at work in business families that prevent technically “correct and appropriate” advice from being implemented. Ross has …
