Continuity Family Business Consulting

Continuity Family Business Consulting

How to Engage a Family Business Consultant

How to Engage a Family Business Consultant Five essential tips to setup your consultative relationship for success Byline: Doug Baumoel Estimated read time: 3 mins At Continuity, we understand the paradox that families face when considering the prospect of hiring a family business consultant. Often, the very reasons why a family might benefit from such a consultant ─ lack of goal alignment among stakeholders, conflict, communication issues, or just being stuck ─ are the same reasons that prevent them from coming together in agreement to seek outside help. Drawing from my own experience when I was on the client-side [...]

Deconstructing Conflict: A Personal Approach to Family Business Consulting

Deconstructing Conflict: A Personal Approach to Family Business Consulting A Family Firm Institute interview with 2023 Interdisciplinary Award Winner Doug Baumoel, who transformed personal pain into a unique consulting methodology Editor’s note: This article shares highlights of a 16-minute podcast hosted by the Family Firm Institute (FFI), which we’ve embedded below, along with key excerpts. Estimated read time: 3 mins Continuity Family Business Consulting Founder Doug Baumoel isn't your typical family business consultant. Born into a family business that his father started in the basement of his home when he was 6 years old, he was [...]

Overcoming Family Business Conflict and Achieving Succession Success

Overcoming Family Business Conflict and Achieving Succession Success How one family resolved their differences and empowered a new CEO The Challenge Stakeholders in a family-owned construction business were in conflict over management succession, which created crippling conflict between family members. The founder, owner, and president of this company, Peter, wanted his daughter, Christine, to eventually succeed him as CEO. Peter’s brother, Jack, who was second-in-command at the company, rejected the plan to prepare his niece to become CEO and walked off the job, feeling angry and unappreciated for the value he had brought to the business. While Jack didn’t [...]

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