Family Governance

Navigating Conflicts in Family Multi-Unit Franchise Ventures During the Holidays

2023-11-29T08:41:47-06:00By |Multi-Unit Franchising, Succession Blog|

Running a family multi-unit franchise business can be incredibly rewarding but challenging, especially during the holiday season. When family members work together in a high-stress environment, conflicts can arise from differences in opinions, generational gaps, role ambiguity, or even personal issues that spill over into the workplace. However, conflicts need not be detrimental, especially [...]

4 Tips for Family-Owned Fuel Businesses During the Holiday Season

2023-11-28T16:10:26-06:00By |Energy, Succession Blog|

Family-owned fuel dealers, wholesalers, propane marketers, and service contractors: The holiday season ushers in a unique blend of joy and introspection, particularly for businesses deeply rooted in family ties. Your enterprise isn't just a business; it's a family affair. You employ those connected by blood and those who've become integral parts of your extended [...]

Blending Family Ties with Business Goals: The Road to Harmonious Succession

2023-10-26T18:14:22-05:00By |Manufacturing, Succession Blog|

The aspiration of many family business owners is to have their children become an integral part of their enterprise. However, merging familial ties with business operations often presents a complex dynamic that can be difficult to balance. The Two Faces of Family Business At first glance, the concept of a 'family business' seems contradictory. [...]

Competing with the Big Players: Professionalizing Family-Owned Auto Dealerships

2023-06-30T09:15:51-05:00By |Automotive, Succession Blog|

The Importance of Professionalism in Family-Owned Auto Dealerships In the current corporate landscape, family-owned enterprises are facing challenges as they vie for success against bigger conglomerates and nationally recognized brands. In the automotive industry, where consolidation is prevalent, family-owned dealerships are under significant strain to keep pace with their larger counterparts and stay relevant. [...]

Earning Respect in the Family Business

2023-03-06T10:12:02-06:00By |Automotive, Family Business Balance, Video|

A successful family business can provide opportunities to all who are associated with the owners or viewed as family. History has proven, the odds of family business success through multiple generations dwindles with every ownership transition. However; where many family businesses have failed, there have also been many family businesses [...]

Four Strategies for Successful Sibling Partnerships

2023-01-11T14:58:20-06:00By |Energy, Succession Blog|

What do the Olsen twins, the Williams sisters, the Warner brothers, and the Wright brothers all have in common?  They are all siblings able to succeed in creating a business together.  Fundamentally, the success of any partnership, let alone a family business partnership, is ongoing work towards maintaining harmony inside the business relationship by [...]

4 Family Business Tips for the Holidays

2022-12-02T13:22:57-06:00By |Distribution & Logistics, Succession Blog|

The holidays can bring about a mixture of happy and sad emotions. Privately-owned businesses are unique in that your business is a family business. You may employ those related to you by blood and employ loyal people you have grown to care about beyond just dollars and cents. In a family business environment, mismatched expectations [...]

Transfer Daily Management & Remain in Control

2022-10-11T11:16:57-05:00By |Family Business Balance, Multi-Unit Franchising, Video|

Successful family businesses have the power to provide for many lifestyles. Owner(s) and their families, key leaders and their families, employees, and the community it serves. Many owners have the vision to transfer out of daily operations and want the business to remain under family ownership. There are many strategies [...]

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