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Stop Putting the Right Person in the Wrong Position!

Photo by energepic.com from Pexels This is part 1 of our Family Business Leadership Series, where we discover the four natures of family business leaders...
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Compassion and the Family Business

Image source: Pixabay via Pexels Chinese rulers of antiquity knew that compassion brings true inner peace. The Golden Rule, “Do onto others as you would...
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Forgiveness and the Family Business

Image source: Pixabay via Pexel In the flow of life, it is certain that individuals in a family business will anger, offend, or upset another...
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5 Elements of a Healthy Family Business Leader

Image source: Keegan Everitt In his book "Grounded - How Leaders Stay Rooted in an Uncertain World", leadership expert Robert Rosen likens a healthy leader...
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Knowledge – The Key to Becoming an Effective Supervisor

Photo by Hunters Race on Unsplash The General Manager and his dilemma We were assisting the general manager of a global auto-parts manufacturer who was having a hard time...
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The Duality between GDP and Ecology – The Case of IKEA

Image source: Skitterphoto via Pexels When world-renowned psychologist Daniel Kahneman coined the concept "What You See Is All There Is" (WYSIATI), he did so in...
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Who is the Face of Your Company?

Photo by Greyson Joralemon on Unsplash Where did the big corporations of today come from? As it turns out, nearly all of them evolved from the small business...
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Is there Room for Family Businesses in the Information Age?

Photo by Lukas from Pexels The last hundred years has been an age of success for family businesses, as entrepreneurs build up their business empires...
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Don’t Let “Fault Lines” in the Family Business Become Earthquakes

Moving tectonic plates on the surface of the earth have and will always cause fault lines. These points of convergence and pressure are inevitable...
What Does Your Title Mean to You?

What Does Your Title Mean to You?

Image source: Pixabay via Pexels A person’s title has always carried great significance. Whether a title is passed down by birth right or acquired through...