Leading Family Enterprises

• New or emerging leaders of an enterprising family
• Established leaders in roles such as: board chair, CEO or CEO candidate, family council chair, family foundation chair, family office head, family director or trustee (whether from the family or not)

• Articulate a detailed vision for the future of the family, the enterprise, and for your own leadership role
• Learn to communicate your vision and imbue it with the significance and purpose needed to engage your family and your employees
• Understand the fundamental importance of emotional intelligence for successfully leading in senior roles
• Learn to manage the unique dilemmas that confront family enterprise leaders in ways that harness the strategic advantages of these organizations
• Learn to manage generational transitions and to collaborate effectively with your seniors, juniors and generational peers
• Discover how best to constructively influence the many stakeholders of a family enterprise
• Discuss the special challenges and skills needed to earn trust and authority as a leader of a family enterprise
• Master working effectively with the board of directors, the shareholders, the management and the family

• Learn to understand leadership as a collaborative function that can be performed by a constellation of leaders occupying family, shareholder and management roles
• Learn to balance innovation with the traditions of the family enterprise so as to establish a tradition of change
• Explore how to sustain an entrepreneurial edge in your family enterprise
• Find out how leaders of a family enterprise can improve decision-making skills
• Learn to manage other relatives who are your seniors, peers and subordinates in the business
• Explore how to lead generational transitions effectively and in ways that respect the needs of both the enterprise and the family

• Tap into shareholder needs and provide them with coherent direction
• Learn to lead an effective family company board

• Articulate your own dream and learn to translate it into a leadership story that your followers can follow
• Learn to develop yourself as an authentic and effective leader
• Explore how to connect your dream with the needs and aspirations of all stakeholders and weave a compelling vision for the family enterprise
• Learn to translate your vision into a viable business strategy

• Develop effective coping strategies to invigorate and sustain your leadership
• Learn to establish meaningful priorities for your personal and professional life

• Develop your own leadership action plan for the next 100 days in the enterprise
• Explore the viability of your plan with your peers
• Learn how best to translate the ideas from the program to the unique circumstances of your family enterprise

Ivan Lansberg - Academic Director; Adjunct Professor of Family Enterprise; Academic Director for Family Enterprise Executive Education Programs

Brooke Vuckovic - Academic Director; Adjunct Professor of Leadership

Michelle L. Buck - Clinical Professor of Leadership, Kellogg School of Management

Harry M. Kraemer - Clinical Professor of Strategy, Kellogg School of Management

“The program was outstanding. I am leaving here with much more than I came here with: knowledge, confidence, and clarity. It is what I need to focus on in order to help my family and our business realize our vision”."
Owner, Racetrac Petroleum, USA

“This is an excellent program for all current/future leaders in family businesses. The sessions are both reflective and educational and the networking potential is invaluable.”
President, WR Companies, USA

“Leading Family Enterprises should be a requirement for any member of a family firm. It doesn’t matter what type of role you are in: shareholder, executive, or family member.”
CEO, HIVIMAR, Ecuador