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challenges

January 1, 2007

Rapidly changing politics across the globe and governments’ drive for transparency and accountability in a bid to bring business under social control have become a major challenge for the private sector. Tim Pendry looks at the risks and how to avoid them

Tim Pendry is Chairman of TPPR Public Affairs & Communications.

Rapidly changing politics across the globe and governments' drive for transparency and accountability in a bid to bring business under social control have become a major challenge for the private sector. Tim Pendry looks at the risks and how to avoid them

Few family businesses have lasted as long as Kongo Gumi of Japan, founded in the same decade as the Prophet Muhammed was born. Its survival is a tribute to the continuity and stability of Japanese culture as much as to the talents of the family.

Augmenting the family talent pool

November 1, 2006

Non-family executives can face particular challenges once in the fold of a family business. Dennis Jaffe explains why it is vital that non-family executives feel their future is dependent on performance and not on their political alliances with family leaders

Dennis Jaffe is a founding partner of Relative Solutions, professor at Saybrook Graduate School and author of Working With the Ones You Love.

Leading from the top

May 1, 2006

The success of a business depends on the quality of leadership throughout, but especially from the top. Good management disciplines and skills ensure the business is run effectively but they are not enough on their own. Graham Yemm looks at the top job requirements

Graham Yemm works with organisations on a range of training and development issues, including leadership, culture and communication skills. For more information visit www.solutions4training.com

Is smooth succession in a family business really a myth?

March 1, 2004

Transitioning the family business from one generation to the next is fraught with hardship, headaches and high drama. So says the mainstream press but it’s just not so

Andrew Keyt is Executive Director of the Family Business Center at Loyola University Chicago and President of the US Chapter of the FBN.

Transitioning the family business from one generation to the next is fraught with hardship, headaches and high drama. So says the mainstream press but it's just not so

Facing challenges in family business

February 1, 2002

The evening of Friday, 5th October 2001 in Rome was warm and sultry, reminiscent of long summer evenings in the capital.

The evening of Friday, 5th October 2001 in Rome was warm and sultry, reminiscent of long summer evenings in the capital. The plazas were full of people in their finery absorbing the history and beauty of the capital along with the food, wine and culture that is distinctively Italian and so typically Roman.