I’m grateful to the editors at  FamilyBusiness.Org  for publishing my new article on how leadership readiness develops across generations in enterprising families. In conversations with founders and senior leaders, I often hear a quiet tension: a desire to prepare the next generation for greater responsibility while also protecting the principles and decisions that built the enterprise.  On the other side, rising leaders often want to contribute more, but aren’t always sure h

That was the central question  Doug Baumoel  and I explored at the  The Family Firm Institute - FFI  Global Conference in Boston in October. Entrepreneurs build extraordinary enterprises through clarity, conviction, and individual drive. Yet as family enterprises mature, the developmental task shifts: From one leader to many stewards From singular vision to collective capability From “I know the way” to “we can find the way together” This transition isn’t automatic. It’s a le

In working with enterprising families, the hardest challenges rarely begin with strategy or governance. They begin with relationship patterns that quietly repeat across generations. At  The Family Firm Institute - FFI 's Global Conference,  Doug Baumoel , of  Continuity Family Business Consulting  and explored how advisors can help families surface and work with underlying dichotomies such as entrepreneurism vs. parenting, control vs. autonomy, and loyalty vs. self-expression

I recently joined  Cory Gagnon  on the Legacy Builders Podcast for a rich conversation about how families can build decision-making...

I’m happy to share that I have been appointed Entrepreneur in Residence at the  Bertarelli Institute for Family Entrepreneurship  (BIFE)...