Annette Rahael

In my last article ( August, 23, 2012), I invited feedback about how to split the shareholdings between those who work in the business and those who do not; what the family business (FB) literature te

My last article (Dangling Carats, June 14th, 2012) generated the most feedback of any article in this series so far.

Do you recall school days when you would raise two fingers to your forehead in an abbreviated salute to ask “permission please” to go to the bathroom?

In the opening stages of my consultation with a business family, a family business (FB) leader, usually the CEO, outlines what she or he thinks are the pressing issues facing the family and the busin

“The trouble in family businesses only starts when the in-laws enter the family.” If I had an ounce of gold for every time someone said that to me, my stash would rival the inventory in Fort Knox.