David Harland
People
Where will we be in 50 years? Answers for family businesses’ burning questions
Here are the top three questions family businesses ask (with answers), gathered from 20 years working closely with many family groups.
Leadership
Why family businesses are more likely to back women leaders
Family businesses across the world are advancing women, including non-family members, further and faster than their counterparts.
Business Advice
The importance of values and communication at the family business roundtable
The social purpose of a business should be based on the belief social change is good for business and business is good for social change.
Leadership
What’s your role? Why family businesses need to clearly outline employee responsibilities
While the principle is clear, the practice is sometimes harder to implement. Here are five steps for creating clear roles in your family business.
Strategy
Three essentials for family business resilience, that all founders can learn from
Family businesses are known for their resilience and their ability to weather tough economic periods and changing business environments.
Business Advice
How to adopt a startup culture within a family business
Adopting a startup culture within a family business can grow the business, diversify risk and reduce tensions between the different generations.
Leadership
Perception versus reality in Asian family business succession – and the impact on Australia
The recent 'Planning for Prosperity' surveys has highlighted some interesting gaps between the perception and reality of Asian family business succession.
Business Advice
Four reasons why family businesses fail
Many of the world’s most successful businesses are family businesses. But while over 70% of Australian businesses are family run, only 30% survive the transition from first to second generation and just 12% making it to the third generation.
Business Advice
Three tips for bridging the generation gap in family businesses
Multigenerational family businesses must navigate complex relationships and expectations and still achieve long-term business success.
Strategy
Five tips for setting up a family office
The skills needed to manage family wealth are very different from the entrepreneurial skills needed to generate wealth in the first place. A…
