Family business

A collection of our latest insights on the challenges, opportunities and solutions that matter most for family businesses.

Dear family business

Dear Family Business,  Can you imagine an asset that helps you ceaselessly and boundlessly grow your yearly business earnings? How would you feel if your earning grows in volume, speed and touches more & more lives through your business?   Would you value an asset that practically is timeless and powerful enough to keep your families’

Invest once & reap the rewards for centuries by creating a perpetual asset that continuously fosters prosperity, harmony, and union-ship

This perpetual asset is a Family Constitution System through an expert-designed process  A family constitution system is an implemented family constitution using family governance. This system is the bedrock for growing your prosperity and identity not only year after year, but, for hundreds of years.   This system of family governance and family constitution gives a

The simplest way for Family-Owned Businesses to transform in no time

I was sitting at the private, poised, and pin-drop-silence room of one of the Fortune 100 company’s Chairman. This is not 2 decades ago in London but 2 weeks ago in India.  I was invited graciously on turn of some events which some may call a stroke of luck. However, I saw the culmination of ten

Unleash the powers, profoundness and promises of a real family constitution

(1) If I ask you: Will you find it important, valuable and desirable if there is a constitutional system designed to have you hold genuine smile, real happiness, inner peace, hearty laughter and prosperity that lasts for centuries, even at 80 years of your age? Will you value this? Will you want this?  (2) What would you

Dear next generation, can we have a word?

In the past 4 months of 2024, I have nearly interacted with nearly 15 next generations leaders (the ones who have recently returned from their international education and the ones who have been the part of business for quite some time).   In all these interactions, one common theme that I observed was: All of these

How to buy a consulting service

Omg! Why so pric ey? Our suggestion: Learn to buy Snippet of a live conversation:  Client (say Mr. Sanjeev): I am buying this constitutional project in million dollars — how do I justify the price?  Me: Let us deepen your perspective and get some clarity here – you are not paying the price for a

Developing an accountable family business ownership

When owners start talking about their rights rather than their responsibilities, a family business is in trouble“. – Smith Lanier  Most family businesses today are battling the challenge of ownership and succession from one generation to the other.   In one such conversation with a family of 4 brothers with nearly 7 next generation ownership members,

Choose your worry

A 1938 EST, Indian family business in Malaysia that later shifted base to Singapore, and for 78+ years now, they are enjoying the finest what life with prosperity and family with love can offer.   The chairman of this company has been working on his chairman transformation program for over 9 months.   In a recent program engagement, where

Do you choose to not act until it is urgent, painful and expensive. Why so?

I have been noticing a pattern in thinking that affects decision making of business owners.  A pattern that truly creates a slow roasting hell, but it charms many of them, until they bring themselves to a truth of much graver losses of life and then they look back when it’s too late.   Unfortunately, that is

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