Family Councils

Strategies for squashing squabbles

Family-owned businesses have so many awesome upsides — superior value creation over time, a shared purpose and lots of time spent with those closest...

Of the family, by the family, for the family

The power of representative family governance.

When a Family Council Loses Its Way

It is quite a milestone when a family sets up a family council. Its presence signals that the family has placed non-financial activities — personal...

A no-nonsense guide to key family documents

When the Caladan family gathered for its biannual shareholder meeting, there were a number of significant topics to discuss. The most important was a clarification...

Family Business CEOs to Watch 2021

What qualities make a family business CEO exceptional?The short answer is that an exceptional CEO provides the right style of leadership for their particular...