Australia and New Zealand’s Leading Family Business Advisers
Align the family and the business will follow
Being a director is an incredibly important position with both heavy responsibilities and penalties if things go wrong — it is not small thing to be a director. For family businesses, the added complication of balancing fairness of succession of directorship — especially across extended family lines — can be challenging.
Read More
Timing is everything when it comes to succession planning in family business.
Read More
Taking any company from start-up to a successful business is an enormous challenge; it can be even more challenging in a family business as there are many unique considerations to address if the business is to evolve and grow.
Read More
Solid business governance and processes are an important area for all family businesses as they look to grow the business. This is all part of what we call the Evolution of Family Business.
Read More
Core themes for any family business. For a family business to effectively manage succession, each generation needs to be “their best” and this means two things… Communication and Leadership.
Read More
The Differences Between the Family Council and the Board in a Business. As a family business, it is important to have the proper systems in place to help keep the family and business aligned and ensure both business success and family harmony.
Read More
The pitfalls of managing other family members, within the family business, when their performance is not up to standard, or they behave in inappropriate ways.
Read More
For a long lasting family business, the family has to come first. The business is really a large and important tool that enables a family to come together to discuss how to protect and grow the family!
Read More
Families come in all shapes and sizes; we often get two generations in a room discussing succession planning. However, every so often we get three generations in one room to discuss their family business – and this is a very special event.
Read More
One aspect of family conflict that is not talked about so much is sibling conflict. How do you maintain harmony during difficult discussions or trying times, and still come together for family gatherings?
Read More