When we were invited to participate in the Ethical Finance Awards 2022 by Wealth & Finance International we thought it was meant as a joke but then we considered things more seriously. We asked ourselves if we were really sustainable enough to be award material. To be honest, we could not really answer the question. We decided to put our foot forward always and here we are….
Vicki Wusche, our guest for episode 14, has her own take on what constitutes wealth – Do you, too, want to live the way you want? What would you do if you never had to work another day in your life?
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Following on from my previous post about how to define a family business, I remembered the moment when we became a family business.
Of course, bearing in mind my comments about the difficulty in finding a common definition of the term, the moment we “became” a family business was more in our minds than following a specific event that put our business within such a definition. Read more
This post was inspired by a blog post I read on corporate social responsibility for small businesses. The article is based on the premise that most small businesses do not have a formal social responsibility programme and that there is a perception that it is quite cumbersome and tedious to set one up. Read more
One of the questions that comes to mind when setting up family governance structures is whom to include in such a structure. In other words: who are the members to be governed? Read more
What Even is a Family Business? Although often talked about and mentioned, little thought is given to what a familiy business actually is.
The Four Dimensions to Consider in Family Governance and Succession
Substantial writing has been done about the three dimensions “Family”, “Business” and “Ownership” when setting up a family governance structure.
However, the prevailing Three-Circle Model of the Family Business System as developed at Harvard Business School by Renato Tagiuri and John Davis in the 1970s is not entirely complete. Read more
