Family Dynamic

Should You Become an Entrepreneur or Join the Family Business? (Pt. I)

Published on 2023-07-10 by Ruschelle Khanna, LCSW

Making the decision between joining your family's business or pursuing your own entrepreneurial path can be challenging. The allure of a guaranteed job from your family, particularly in an uncertain job market, can make it difficult to turn down such an opportunity.Working for a family business demands effective communication, vulnerability,...

A Culture Of Continuity Is The Key To Family Business Longevity

Published on 2022-11-21 by Josh Baron, Rob Lachenauer

Rob LachenauerFamily businesses can represent both the best and worst form of capitalism. We’ve seen families build and nurture businesses that invest in the long term, in their communities and in working and growing together as families. But we’ve also seen the other side: At their worst, family businesses can...

Don’t Let Conflict Wreck the Family Business

Published on 2022-10-19 by Steven Yoder

The photo above shown Warren, Jody and Ryan Bogle at the Bogle family winery in Clarksburg. The siblings share a vision for sustainability and what’s best for employees and the company. (Photo courtesy of The Bogle family)January and February 2015 were dark times for Chris Benziger. He was the youngest...

Are Siblings More Important Than Parents?

Published on 2022-10-14 by Ben Healy

Photo by Annie Spratt on UnsplashWe don’t choose our siblings the way we choose our partners and friends. Of course, we don’t choose our parents either, but they usually make that up to us by sustaining us on the way to adulthood. Brothers and sisters are just sort of there....