Recruitment

The value of values in culture-building and recruiting

As a family business leader, you need to recruit and retain individuals who align with your company’s values. But cementing those values in the first place requires thoughtfulness and patience.

How the ban on noncompetes impacts family businesses

The FTC’s comprehensive ban on all future noncompete agreements will require family businesses to find alternative means of protecting trade secrets and maintaining competitive advantages.

How to effectively bring an outside CFO into a family business

Recruiting and integrating an external CFO requires careful planning, open communication and a willingness to embrace change.

Congressional Family Business Caucus hears from non-family employees

Also, early research unveiled at the congressional meeting shows taxes and national debt as the main concerns for family businesses this year.

When a non-family member leads the family business

In 2008, when the search firm helping IDEAL Industries find a non-family CEO suggested Jim James, third-generation leader Dave Juday balked. James was then...