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Working with a Spouse

BFF insight:
Watch the Huberts, owners of a second generation, small family business in the retail sector in New Hampshire, USA share their experience of working together as a couple and learning how to divide roles and responsibilities among themselves.
Categorie(s):
Conversation with Business Families, Family Communication and Conflict Management, Women in Family Business
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Empowering non-family executives in a small, fourth generation family business

BFF insight:
Listen to the Beaches, a fourth generation family who owns and operates a resort in Vermont, USA, describe how they are integrating more outside talent in the management and decision-making of the family business to ensure its long-term sustainability.
Categorie(s):
Conversation with Business Families, Governance System
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Why is it so important to research and understand family-owned businesses?

BFF insight:
Listen to Dr. Joseph Astrachan, who teaches family business at Kennesaw State University share his views on the importance of investing in quality research on family business systems' dynamics in order to better understand and support business families and their enterprises.
Categorie(s):
Recurring Challenges and Trends
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Establishing an Advisor Relationship with a Business Family

BFF insight:
Listen to Kathryn McCarthy, a Family Business Advisor and Family Office Expert, explain her view of how a professional advisor can develop and nurture a meaningful relationship with a business family.
Categorie(s):
Governance System, Recurring Challenges and Trends
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The Various Professional Disciplines Supporting Family Enterprises

BFF insight:
Listen to Dr. Ivan Lansberg, who teaches family business at the Kellogg School of Management, share his view of the need for multidisciplinary teams of professional advisors to collaborate together for the benefit of business families.
Categorie(s):
Governance System, Recurring Challenges and Trends
Video

Learn About BFF

BFF insight:
Watch a 4 minutes presentation of the Business Families Foundation's mission and activities.
Categorie(s):
Learn about BFF
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Managing both the Family and the Business at the Same Time

BFF insight:
Listen to BFF Co-Chair Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien describe how he raised his awareness of family business dynamics and the various risks affecting both the family and the business.
Categorie(s):
Conversation with Business Families, Leadership Skills, Recurring Challenges and Trends
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Family Meetings – The Importance of Having Structured Time for Communication

BFF insight:
Listen to BFF Co-Chair Nan-b de Gaspé Beaubien explain why family meetings are so important to entrepreneurial families and how all family members can invest in improving their communication skills.
Categorie(s):
Conversation with Business Families, Family Communication and Conflict Management, Family Meetings and Councils, Family Relations and Code of Conduct
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Transitioning the Family Business to the Next Generation

BFF insight:
Watch the Basiles, a third generation business family in the food packaging industry with employees in the 4th generation, explain how they have been preparing for at least five years in transitioning ownership of the family business to the next generation.
Categorie(s):
Conversation with Business Families, Succession and Transitions
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The Three Circles of a Family Business System

BFF insight:
Watch the Reinkes, a first generation franchise family business in the food industry in Alberta, Canada explain how they have come to learn to better distinguish between family time and business time for the well-being of the family and the success of the business.
Categorie(s):
Conversation with Business Families, Family Communication and Conflict Management