In this summary you will learn
- The dangers that generational succession poses to family-owned businesses
- The strengths and weaknesses of the ownership structures most commonly found in family businesses
- How to groom leaders among younger generations and effectively manage their succession to leadership positions
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Why you should read Succeeding Generations
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| Succeeding Generations takes the family business where few dare to venture: into the perilous landscape of succession - the boneyard of many a family enterprise felled by dissension, sibling rivalry, and greed. Ivan Lansberg, co-founder of the Family Firm Institute and your guide through this treacherous terrain, neatly straddles the worlds of academic rigor and real-world experience as he shows you how to pave the way for the generation to come. Case studies of well-known family businesses illustrate Lansberg’s observations and bring his advice home. getAbstract.com recommends this book to anyone involved in the complex concern of family business. |
About the Author
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Ivan Lansberg grew up in a family business, and serves as an organizational psychologist in New Haven, Connecticut. He is co-founder and senior partner of Lansberg-Gersick, a firm specializing in family enterprise and philanthropy. He is also co-founder of the Family Firm Institute, and the founding editor of the Family Business Review.
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