Family Enterprise Advisory for Multigenerational Continuity
Helping families navigate the structural and relational complexity of shared ownership.
Stewarding Complexity Across Family and Enterprise
When family and enterprise intersect, the demands of ownership, leadership, and oversight require thoughtful and deliberate coordination. Whether you are preparing for an ownership transition, designing governance structures, or engaging the next generation of family stewards, we help you build the clarity and capacity needed to steward your enterprise across generations with intention and care.
Generation6 partners with some of the world’s most complex multigenerational family enterprises, working alongside our client families as long-term partners through periods of transition and evolution.
Strong families stand at the core of every successful family enterprise. We’re here to help you find your strength.
Our Areas of Expertise
Generation6 advises enterprising families on the challenges that arise at the intersection of family, business, and ownership - where alignment, decision-making, and stewardship shape long-term continuity.
From governance design and ownership education to family office advisory and continuity planning, we provide guidance that helps families remain capable, unified, and prepared as complexity grows.
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Family Development
Strengthening family alignment, communication, and engagement as ownership evolves, and the stewardship group grows.
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Governance
Designing and assessing family and business governance structures, including boards, family councils, policies, family constitutions, and more.
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Family Office
Support for building and evolving family offices, including formation, governance alignment, leadership search and development, and long-term sustainability.
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Education
Customized programs for current and future owners and stewards, to build ownership capability, next-generation leadership, and effective stewardship.
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Coaching
Individual and group coaching to support leadership development, perspective, and decision-making within the family enterprise.
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Speaking
Keynotes, workshops, and educational sessions on governance, ownership, and multigenerational enterprise continuity.
Research-Based. Relationship-Driven.
Generation6 advisors bring experience as family business educators, researchers, board directors, owners, and stewards. These multiple perspectives inform how we advise families facing complex ownership and governance challenges.
We work collaboratively and in teams, recognizing that complex families benefit from multiple perspectives and sustained partnership over time.
Our approach is grounded in rigorous research and practical experience, helping families develop solutions aligned with their ownership structures, values, and long-term objectives.
Generational work is deeply relational. Generation6 advisors bring experience, perspective, and care to complex conversations, helping families engage productively, make thoughtful decisions, and navigate important transitions with clarity.
A Different Approach to
Family Enterprise Advisory
2.5M+ research downloads | 700+ scholarly contributions | 200+ years of combined advisory experience | 40+ industry awards and recognitions | 30+ private company boards | 13 university affiliations in 8 countries | 8 countries and 7 languages across our team
Ownership education is central to sustaining multigenerational legacy. Generation6 Academy is a unique learning experience designed for you and your family - a dedicated learning platform designed to support ongoing education and development across generations.
Education That Builds Ownership Capability
Insights on Onwership, Governance, and Continuity in Family Enterprises
Perspectives, research, and published work that examine the challenges shaping multigenerational family enterprises.
Listening to the family: the strategic value of surveys
Money + Generations: turning financial disputes into connection
Your Investment Strategy Should Reflect Your Family Values and Goals
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Let’s Continue the Conversation
If your family enterprise is navigating growth, transition, or increasing complexity, we welcome the opportunity to explore how we might work together.