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Family business succession is complex, involving emotional dynamics and relationship management, as highlighted by advisor Sasha Lund.

In an increasingly interconnected world, the ability to navigate multiple languages stands out as a key driver of business excellence. Effective multilingualism goes beyond mere communication, fostering cultural understanding and strategic advantage. Leaders who embrace this skill can bridge diverse perspectives and enhance collaboration across international teams.

We recommend a range of strategies to minimise points of friction, such as educating the next generation, establishing negative space (points of little importance to stakeholders), exploring power dynamics in detail and putting healthy boundaries in place.

More often than not, business families turn to consultants and coaches when business is tough. Over the years we have spoken to a vast number of families, who mostly blamed the failure of the family business on bad wealth planning.The more we engage with these families, the clearer the pattern becomes: Money is rarely the reason behind the failure.Continue reading “In Pursuit of Family Business Success”

Sasha talked to Dieter Brockmeyer, co-founder and director of Innovation TIME of the Diplomatic World Institute, about challenges family legacies face in these times of rapid global change.

Women have been making significant strides in the field of managing and operating family offices in recent years. Despite facing long-standing barriers to entry, it is important for organisations to recognise the value that women can bring to leadership roles in family offices and to actively work towards achieving greater gender diversity in management positions.

Sono 46 donne di 13 Paesi, tutte alla guida di aziende familiari di primo piano. Tre quarti di loro, se chiudono gli occhi e visualizzano la leadership di un business di famiglia, immaginano un uomo di mezza età. Perché se le presenze femminili al vertice delle aziende sono sempre più numerose, gli stereotipi sopravvivono. EContinue reading “La task force femminile contro gli stereotipi”

Based on interviews with 46 female family firm successors from 13 countries around the globe, we distill patterns of how the female successors were raised, how their career paths looked like, what challenges they faced during succession, and how they overcame them. In particular, we identify seven important traits of successful female family firm successors: competence, consistency, humour, humility, resilience, strong and agile conflict-solving skills, and admitting outside help. We also discuss how culture affects female family firm successors.