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In conjunction with Egon Zehnder and PwC, the John L. Ward Center for Family Enterprise at Northwestern’s Kellogg school has produced a series of… Read more

As family businesses diversify, fewer owners have a holistic view of all assets. A new Shared Family Capital Strategy created by PwC, Egon Zehnder,… Read more

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

Family company Boards must create and maintain strong succession plans that consider both internal and external talent, as well as development plans for potential… Read more

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… Read more

Vaidheesh Annaswamy, President at OPPI, shares advice and insights to leaders navigating the Coronavirus outbreak. Read more

How family businesses can overcome egos and internal conflicts to find their next leader--and put a succession plan in place before it's too late. Read more

At Egon Zehnder, we have worked with family businesses around the world since our founding in 1964. We interviewed scores of family executives to… Read more

One of the fundamental challenges of any family business is maintaining the balance between “family” and “business.” Within the owning family, there will be… Read more

Managing family relationships at work is one of the thorniest issues in family-owned businesses, particularly when relationships cross generations, such as parent-child or uncle/aunt-nephew/niece.… Read more

The ability to give and receive feedback is a fundamental leadership skill. Feedback improves outcomes and results, motivates performance, brings groups together, clarifies goals… Read more

Skeptics may consider them outdated because of a perceived lack of rationality. But family firms have proven both successful and enduring – as long… Read more

In a recent study, Egon Zehnder and Family Business Network International interviewed executives at 50 of the world’s top family firms - mostly in… Read more

As family businesses evolve from small enterprises to large, complex operations, many of them intuitively understand that they must add non-family members to the… Read more

Perpetuity is a central objective of every family business. In today’s ever-changing world, it is critical for owner families to proactively mitigate risks to… Read more

Whenever a family business looks to its next generation on matters of succession, it can encounter four types of responses. The next generation family… Read more