Build an Enterprise Family to Last
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Build an Enterprise Family to Last

Enterprise Families share the ownership and stewardship of collective family assets, and they face challenges sustaining the family and keeping the Enterprise aligned in the face of growing complexity and diversity with each subsequent generation. Build an Enterprise Family to Last co-authors Sara Hamilton and Margaret Vaughan Cox have assembled this practical guide that offers 48 actionable steps to ensure that family members and the Enterprise flourish into future generations.

The guidebook is organized into three parts: the Family Journey, the Enterprise Journey and the Personal Journey. Each section is framed around where we’ve been and where we are nowwhere we want to go, and how we plan to get there, and offers time-tested strategies and tools.

The guidebook addresses consequential questions, including:

  • Does the family want to continue to invest in their future together?
  • What identity and impact does the family want to have?
  • How will the family train and select future leaders?
  • What are the shared long-term Enterprise vision and goals to achieve it?
  • How will the governance process ensure equitable decision-making?
  • How will performance goals for the Enterprise be measured?
  • How has my personal history shaped the belief systems that inform my actions?
  • What roles do I want to pursue in the family and the Enterprise?
  • What experience, training and support do I need to prepare for those roles?

Hamilton and Cox have consulted with hundreds of sophisticated families around the world who have contributed to this seminal guide to building an enduring Enterprise Family.