Feb 18, 2021 | Family Enterprises and Owner-Led Businesses
Preserving and protecting a company’s brand isn’t the sole responsibility of management, whether they be family or non-family—it is a responsibility best taken up by the family as well.
Dec 16, 2020 | Family Enterprises and Owner-Led Businesses, News
Debbie Bing was featured in the Family Matters Video Series, hosted by Family Business Magazine’s Publishing Director, David Shaw. Their discussion touches on topics from Debbie and Nancy Drozdow’s talk, “Syncing Up Short-term Action with Long-term... 
Sep 15, 2020 | Family Enterprises and Owner-Led Businesses
Caleb White Principal “True intuitive expertise is learned from prolonged experience with good feedback on mistakes.” —Daniel Kahneman The 360-degree feedback process has recently been reported to be used by more than 85% of Fortune 500 firms as a part of their... 
Aug 5, 2020 | Family Enterprises and Owner-Led Businesses, Governance
Todd Smith Principal Balancing the respective needs and inputs of your company Board, your shareholder group, and your independent directors always requires a measured approach that values feedback and places a premium on the values embedded in the company by its... 
May 8, 2020 | Family Enterprises and Owner-Led Businesses
Megan Helzner Manager Preparing the next generation (“Next Gen”) is a critical step on the path to succession in a family business. There are many ways to create development opportunities, starting with exposure in “small bites” from a young age, in age-... 
Apr 29, 2020 | Family Enterprises and Owner-Led Businesses, Governance
Caleb White Principal The often heard board governance adage of “nose in, fingers out” [1] is regularly held up as guidance for board members and a caution to them, many of whom are former C-suite executives, that it’s not their job to delve too deeply into day-to-day... 