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disruptive successor

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What a Disruptive Successor Really Is & Why Every Family Business Needs One

The word “disruptive” can make family business owners uncomfortable.   It may sound disrespectful, reckless, or threatening. A founder who has spent decades building a company may understandably wonder why the next generation needs to disrupt a success.   However, a disruptive successo...
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What Family Business Successors Really Need (That No One Talks About)

There’s no shortage of advice for family business successors. Take more responsibility. Earn respect. Prove yourself. Grow the business.   But almost none of that advice addresses what’s actually happening beneath the surface. Because stepping into a family business isn’t just a leadershi...
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Strategic Partner

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Spotlight on Our Strategic Partner: Lenox Advisors

Guiding family businesses through transition requires wisdom, strategy, and trusted advisors who understand both the financial and relational challenges involved.   That’s why we’re proud to partner with Abbe F. Large, CLU®, CLTC, Managing Director at Lenox Advisors, a trusted professional...
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Uncomfortable Truths

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11 Uncomfortable Truths Every Family Business Must Face and How to Overcome Them

Family businesses carry an incredible legacy, built on shared values, relationships, and generations of hard work. Yet, they also face unique challenges that, if unaddressed, can threaten the business and the family.   That’s why I’m excited to share a new eBook from The Goldhill Group: The...
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Stop Inheriting Chaos—Start Leading with Clarity

The Hidden Cost of Playing It Safe in a Family-Owned Company I should have been the fourth generation. But the business died before I got the chance.   That loss didn’t just alter the course of my career—it gave me a mission: help next-gen leaders avoid the silent breakdowns that destroy fa...
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Succession Planning Tips

Since publishing my book, Disruptive Successor: A Guide for Driving Growth in Your Family Business, I’ve been getting more calls from fathers and sons in family businesses looking for help transitioning the leadership from one generation to the next. These calls have come from people in constructi...
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