Understanding Family Business – Patterns of Ownership and Succession

Defining Family Businesses

If you want to understand family businesses, you have to define what a family business is.

Family Businesses Evolve

They start as one thing and morph into something else.

They evolve and change with each generation.

They change with the needs and motivations of the family.

Family Business Patterns

Within the apparent randomness of chaotic and complex family business systems, there are underlying patterns

Since 1993

To understand family businesses you have to see
them as they are; not as you want them to be

Eventually I came to realize quite clearly why my understanding of
family businesses was often very different from what others saw
and were saying.

So, when I tell you why there is so much misunderstanding about
family businesses and the key issues that then frame and affect
them, I know that not everyone who reads what I have to say will
agree with it. That’s okay.

But, it’s simple: if you want to understand family businesses you
have to see them as they are. You have to see them for what they
are and for who they are, not how others want to present them or
how others want them to be seen.

When you understand family businesses
you can see the secrets to their success

Since 1993

To understand family businesses you have to see them as they are; not as you want them to be

When you understand family businesses you can see the secrets to their success

To understand family businesses you have to see
them as they are; not as you want them to be

When you understand family businesses
you can see the secrets to their success