Working with Banyan is really about the journey you go on with your team. Having the courage to have frank conversations with team members who are family members. It becomes your navigation point.
— Family CEO
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Everything You Need To Know About Building the Best Board of Directors for Your Company
Over dinner recently, my 14-year-old daughter asked me when she would be allowed to drive. My first inclination was to […]
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The Common Traps of Working in Your Family’s Business
“What’s wrong — is the company going bankrupt? Are we being sold?”
For Charlie, who had joined his family’s bakery business […]
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Empty Structures Syndrome: Losing the energy that drives governance.
It’s a paradox: Some family owner groups in the third, fourth, fifth generation, and beyond, have sophisticated governance structures and […]
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Signs You’re Losing Control of Your Family Business
When the non-family chairman/CEO unexpectedly told family business owners that they had to live without dividends or sell the business, […]
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"Is Your Client’s Generational Transition Stuck?
Times of generational transition are often rife with conflict, which, if not managed adeptly, can end disastrously. In many cases, […]
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The 5 Models of Family Business Ownership
One of the first questions we ask clients is, “How do you own your family business?” Often the response is […]
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Warren Buffet's Risky Final Bet
Throughout his great career, Warren Buffett has made huge bets – for example, investing billions in Goldman Sachs during the […]
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Why the 21st Century Will Belong To Family Businesses
I was recently asked to give a talk about family businesses, and the conference organizer told me not to even […]
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When You’ve Made Enough Money to Cause Family Tension
Imagine you — as an extraordinarily successful business founder — have just joined the exclusive ranks of the 200,000 people […]
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Family Business Boards: The Arbiter of Fairness
Family businesses have an undeserved reputation for being emotional hotspots of instability where owners’ demands threaten to overwhelm the business. […]