Green Office: Making Sustainability Personal
Interview with Kevin Grant, Sales Director, The Green Office, Ireland
An increasing number of people are striving to make their workspaces as energy-efficient and environmentally...
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...
The Hero’s Journey
In 1949, anthropologist Joseph Campbell published “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, completely revolutionising the way we understand stories. His groundbreaking work combined psychological...
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Behind the Scenes – IDEAL: A Family Business Film
In late 2019, the Family Business Films team travelled to the UK to create a mini-documentary on second-generation family business IDEAL.
This innovative detergent manufacturer...
A Healthy Family Enterprise is a Balancing Act
By Professor Peter Vogel, Director of IMD Global Family Business Center
It is estimated that family-controlled businesses make up approximately two-thirds of the world’s businesses....
Learning From Crises: 7 Steps to Multigenerational Sustainability Through the Storm
Partner Content by Markus Weishaupt
I remember the first few years after the 2008 financial crisis, the hardships that both people and companies had to...
Ten Critical Initiatives for Family Business Longevity
Editorial by George A Isaac
Your family business is your best vehicle for generating income, preserving wealth and serving the needs of your stakeholders. Yet,...
Building Generational Wealth that Lasts
Still reeling from the unprecedented disruption of COVID-19, sustainability is on the collective mind of the global family business community in a way that...
Leveraging the Board in Times of Crisis
There is perhaps no situation that proves the worth of a board – particularly one with outside directors – more than a crisis with...
Five Ways Businesses are Stepping Up to Help Their Communities
It would appear that the coronavirus outbreak has underscored a universal truth about human nature: in the most extreme circumstances, humanity's best and worst...
Oscar Trimboli: Listening Between the Lines
Listening is often thought of as passive, but effective listening goes beyond hearing – it is a skill as important as speaking and a...
Six Ways to Make Your Family Business Governance a Reality
Governance is hard to define and harder to enact. Even when family businesses know what they need, the implementation and maintenance of governance is...
Family Business Health and Well-being
Authentic leadership going forward depends on whether or not next-generation family business members can prioritise their well-being. Altruistic work is not sustainable work; growing...
