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Ingmar Rentzhog

Beyond the family circle: Professionalizing management in family businesses


Published on 2025-02-17 04:40:58 - MSN
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  • Family businesses are the backbone of many economies worldwide, combining legacy, tradition and entrepreneurship. However, one of the biggest challenges they face is professionalizing management while maintaining the family's values and vision.

The article from MSN discusses the challenges and strategies for professionalizing management in family businesses. It highlights that while family businesses are crucial to the global economy, they often face issues like nepotism, lack of professional management skills, and resistance to change. To address these, the article suggests several strategies: implementing formal governance structures, hiring external professional managers, establishing clear succession plans, and fostering a culture of meritocracy over familial ties. It emphasizes the importance of balancing family values with business efficiency, ensuring that family members are trained and qualified for their roles, and integrating non-family executives to bring in new perspectives and skills. The piece also touches on the need for family businesses to adapt to modern business practices to remain competitive, suggesting that professionalization can lead to better decision-making, innovation, and sustainability in family enterprises.

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