Thought Leadership | Family Business Advisory

Phyllis Campbell, Former Chair of JPMorgan Chase, Pacific Northwest Region, talks career, board diversity and succession planning.

Research shows that large family businesses had much better succession practices than their nonfamily counterparts, and they outperformed on several measures after new appointees took the reins.

In conversation with Vinati Saraf Mutreja, Managing Director and CEO of Vinati Organics Ltd.

Family-owned businesses must acknowledge the importance of people and remuneration issues in companies to effectively fulfill their functions.

The fear of AI making us obsolete has become increasingly popularized, but is it really necessary? But the truth is, AI is here to enable efficiencies and aid us, not replace us.

Family offices have existed for generations and there are more now than ever before. With the market growing and changing, the question of talent acquisition and company growth is front of mind for family offices.

Egon Zehnder Consultant Sonny Iqbal and Alum Claudio Fernández-Aráoz on four imperatives family businesses can stay true to that will create opportunities to leapfrog their competitors. Read more on HBR.

Diving into the key challenges faced by family enterprise leaders, and the solutions to achieve sustainable wealth.

As family businesses diversify, fewer owners have a holistic view of all assets. A new Shared Family Capital Strategy created by PwC, Egon Zehnder, and the John L. Ward Center for Family Enterprises helps businesses maintain the connection between the capital and the mission and values of the family.

The Sustainability Board Report sat down virtually with German Herrera of Egon Zehnder to better understand the dynamics of family business and their approach to sustainability.

Family company Boards must create and maintain strong succession plans that consider both internal and external talent, as well as development plans for potential successors—and do all this while balancing the values and priorities of the family with the demands of growing and sustaining a business.

Managing family relationships at work is one of the thorniest issues in family-owned businesses, particularly when relationships cross generations (e.g., parent-child or uncle/aunt-nephew/niece). Many family members are committed to professionalism and strive to separate work and family in their dealings with each other. However, simply decreeing such a separation between work and family is not enough.Both family leaders and the rising generation have work to do to ensure cohesion on a familial and business basis.