FAMILY ENTERPRISE INSIGHTS
Practical, research-informed perspectives on family business governance, ownership, and next-generation development, helping families strengthen alignment, make better decisions, and sustain their enterprise across generations.
FAMILY DEVELOPMENT & DYNAMICS
Family relationships shape how effectively governance and ownership systems function over time. These articles examine communication, cohesion, and generational transitions that influence alignment and continuity.
FAMILY & BUSINESS GOVERNANCE
Family enterprise governance defines how decisions are made, roles are clarified, and accountability is sustained across generations. These articles explore governance structures, boards, and frameworks that support alignment and long-term continuity.
FAMILY OFFICE & ENTERPRISE STRUCTURES
Family offices and enterprise structures sit at the intersection of family, ownership, and shared assets. These articles explore how structures are designed and evolve to support coordination, clarity, and long-term performance.
STEWARDSHIP & OWNERSHIP
Ownership in a family enterprise carries responsibilities that extend beyond financial interests. These articles explore ownership roles, decision-making, and the development of capable stewards across generations.
STRATEGY & DECISION-MAKING
Family enterprises face complex strategic and financial decisions shaped by both business realities and family priorities. These articles explore how families approach growth, investment, risk, and long-term decision-making.
ADVISORY APPROACH
Effective advisory in family enterprise requires both structural clarity and relational understanding. These articles reflect how Generation6 works with families, including our philosophy, partnership model, and perspectives on long-term continuity.
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When Growth Can't Keep Up: Why Business Families Must Rethink Financial Expectations
Sustaining a family enterprise is not just a question of profitability. It’s a question of alignment between the pace of family growth, the business’s true capacity, and the expectations placed on both.
Tariffs, turmoil, and family tiffs: navigating the current chaos as a family enterprise
This article provides actionable recommendations on how to support your business through the current economic uncertainty while maintaining family unity and commitment.
Drafting a Shareholder Agreement that Fits Your Family’s Needs
Shareholder agreements are among the most consequential governance tools in a family enterprise. However, few families have a shareholder agreement that truly supports them in becoming the ownership group they aspire to be.
Who Should Take Over When The CEO-Owner Of A Business Suddenly Dies
This research-based article highlights the critical role of choosing the right successor to ensure business survival after a sudden death tragedy.
Family Firms Must Address Mental Health Challenges
Anxiety, depression, and other conditions disrupt family business operations and strain family relationships. Ignoring them won’t make them go away.
Include the Extended Family in Your Ownership Strategy
Your "owners' strategy" should consider that in the future, the family firm will likely have many more owners. That’s why you might want to take a broader focus when you develop it.
Involve Next-Gens in Developing Your Social Media Policy
Family businesses should consider a social media policy as a relatively “low-hanging fruit” to introduce the next generation to governance work.
Money education in the business family: A perspective article
Financial education is critical for business families with a generational vision - yet, it is often undervalued and not prioritized, despite its profound implications for family cohesion and business sustainability.