Anxiety, depression, and other conditions disrupt family business operations and strain family relationships. Ignoring them won’t make them go away.

Welcoming a new spouse or committed life partner into a business owning family is a critical but often over looked aspect of Family Business continuity.

One the most important things that families who seek to maintain ownership across generations can do is to prepare the next generation for their unique leadership roles.

How can business owners avoid having their children fall into a sense of 'negative entitlement', or a right to wealth? Appropriate guidelines and limits allow the next generation to build a sense of self, self control and responsibility.

Famous family dynasties are riddled with mythology, not least that the patriarch (usually) is the engine room of the business without which it would fail. But every myth has its dark side.