Ownership & Governance Archives | Vistage Research Center https://www.vistage.com/research-center Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Thu, 11 Aug 2022 21:52:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 The next big opportunity for owners and CEOs: ESG https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/corporate-governance/20210929-esg-webinar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20210929-esg-webinar https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/corporate-governance/20210929-esg-webinar/#respond Fri, 05 Nov 2021 22:00:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=38989 Impact. Sustainability. Diversity. Beyond the pandemic, several key themes emerged out of 2020 — and these are critical components of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG). As companies plan future engagements in M&A with either public companies or private equity,...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/corporate-governance/20210929-esg-webinar/feed/ 0 How can you ensure a first generation business takeover goes smoothly? https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/how-can-you-ensure-a-first-generation-business-takeover-goes-smoothly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-can-you-ensure-a-first-generation-business-takeover-goes-smoothly https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/how-can-you-ensure-a-first-generation-business-takeover-goes-smoothly/#respond Fri, 06 Nov 2020 21:52:16 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/how-can-you-ensure-a-first-generation-business-takeover-goes-smoothly/ “First generation takeovers don’t need to be fraught. They don’t need to be negative,” says Paul Andrews, co-founder of Family Business United.  After around 20 years in professional services – including a stint at Grant Thornton, where he conducted research...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/how-can-you-ensure-a-first-generation-business-takeover-goes-smoothly/feed/ 0 The Advantages and Disadvantages of a Family Business https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-a-family-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-a-family-business https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-a-family-business/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2020 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-a-family-business/ Family-owned companies are good not only for the families involved, but also for both the local and global economies. However, many find it hard to survive. Around a third of the 100,000 family businesses that are passed to the next...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-a-family-business/feed/ 0 Your five year family business succession planning checklist https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/your-five-year-family-business-succession-planning-checklist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=your-five-year-family-business-succession-planning-checklist https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/your-five-year-family-business-succession-planning-checklist/#respond Tue, 28 May 2019 17:27:29 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/your-five-year-family-business-succession-planning-checklist/ In business there are few greater questions than what comes next. This is especially true in family companies, where work is always personal, despite what management mantras might try and teach us. Succession planning is all too often left to...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/your-five-year-family-business-succession-planning-checklist/feed/ 0 So… you’ve taken over the family firm. What now? https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/so-youve-taken-over-the-family-firm-what-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=so-youve-taken-over-the-family-firm-what-now https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/so-youve-taken-over-the-family-firm-what-now/#respond Wed, 18 Jul 2018 23:14:43 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/so-youve-taken-over-the-family-firm-what-now/ Two-thirds of the UK’s businesses are family-owned. That’s 4.8 million businesses in total, of which over 16,000 are medium to large businesses. The UK is a country (or rather set of countries) with a powerful, long-standing tradition of family-operated companies....

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/so-youve-taken-over-the-family-firm-what-now/feed/ 0 What does an exit plan look like? https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/what-does-an-exit-plan-look-like/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-does-an-exit-plan-look-like https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/what-does-an-exit-plan-look-like/#respond Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/what-does-an-exit-plan-look-like/ In one of his finest post-Beatles numbers, John Lennon sang, “Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans.” It’s pithy and it’s pragmatic, but when you are writing an exit plan, it’s only half the...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/what-does-an-exit-plan-look-like/feed/ 0 The generation game: Why you need an exit plan for the family business https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/the-generation-game-why-you-need-an-exit-plan-for-the-family-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-generation-game-why-you-need-an-exit-plan-for-the-family-business https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/the-generation-game-why-you-need-an-exit-plan-for-the-family-business/#respond Tue, 30 May 2017 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/the-generation-game-why-you-need-an-exit-plan-for-the-family-business/ In 1999, Pierce Brosnan’s James Bond received one final piece of sage advice from Desmond Llewelyn’s irascible but beloved Q. “Always have an escape plan,” he said, and with that, Llewelyn gracefully exited the long-running franchise, never to be seen...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/the-generation-game-why-you-need-an-exit-plan-for-the-family-business/feed/ 0 Fatherly advice: 6 lessons in managing a family business https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/corporate-governance/20160617-fatherly-advice-6-lessons-in-managing-a-family-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20160617-fatherly-advice-6-lessons-in-managing-a-family-business https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/corporate-governance/20160617-fatherly-advice-6-lessons-in-managing-a-family-business/#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:00:41 +0000 http://blog.vistage.com/?p=18935 As the father-and-son team behind Polymer Technologies Inc., Robert and Jarred Prybutok exemplify what it means to successfully manage the dynamics of a family business. The pair has worked side by side for more than two decades, with Robert serving...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/corporate-governance/20160617-fatherly-advice-6-lessons-in-managing-a-family-business/feed/ 0 How to turn a family affair into a global business https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/corporate-governance/how-to-turn-a-family-affair-into-a-global-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-turn-a-family-affair-into-a-global-business https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/corporate-governance/how-to-turn-a-family-affair-into-a-global-business/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:00:51 +0000 http://blog.vistage.com/?p=18663 When J.D. Power III launched J.D. Power and Associates in 1968, everyone in his family pitched in to make the marketing-information-services company a success. That included 5-year-old J.D. “Jamey” Power IV, who would fold and stuff surveys into envelopes to...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/corporate-governance/how-to-turn-a-family-affair-into-a-global-business/feed/ 1 From One Generation to the Next: How a Manufacturing CEO Got Her Family Behind Her https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/corporate-governance/from-one-generation-to-the-next-how-a-manufacturing-ceo-got-her-family-behind-her/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-one-generation-to-the-next-how-a-manufacturing-ceo-got-her-family-behind-her https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/corporate-governance/from-one-generation-to-the-next-how-a-manufacturing-ceo-got-her-family-behind-her/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:33:43 +0000 http://blog.vistage.com/?p=18299 Taking over the family business isn’t easy. Just ask Laura Richardson. When she took the reins from her mother and became CEO a couple of years ago, there was no way she could have foreseen the roller coaster ride she...

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