Family Business Thought Forum™ brings together business leaders from public and private companies, family businesses, and entrepreneurs to have conversations and share ideas, best practices and the wisdom of experience.

FAMILY BUSINESS

Informational Web Sites

• Family to Family: Laird Norton Tyee Family Business Survey 2007
• Family Business Magazine
• Family Firm Institute
• Family Office Exchange
• Family Business Center

Communications

• Does Your Family Put Family or Business First?
• How to Maintain the Peace When Your Coworkers Happen to be Your Family
• How to Make a Decision Like a Tribe
• Inlaws, Heirs and Spouses: The Ants at the Family Biz Picnic

Estate Planning

• The Family Fortune: 'Can We Talk?
• Estate Planning Considerations
• Planning for the Family Business: One into the Pool
• A Family's Struggle: Wilson Products Faces Sale or Auction
• The Greniers Learn How to Develop a Picture-Perfect Family Business

Governance (Boards)

• Family Owned Businesses Benefit From Independent Boards
• Teamwork Still the Key for Harry Jacobs
• Independent Board Members Crucial for Positive Change

Nonfamily Employees

• Ward’s Furniture
• Motivating and Retaining Nonfamily Employees in Family-Owned Businesses

Succession Planning

• Succession Plan Must Be Fair to Active/Inactive Members
• Entrepreneurs Struggle to Hand Over the Reins
• What Successful Successions Need
• Success Stories:The Clover-Stornetta Story
• Fair vs. Equal. How to Pass the Family Business to Your Children
• How to Manage Sons, Daughters and Succession
• Succession Planning: Passing on the Mantle