Leading the Family Business Through Succession

Harry Korine teaches Corporate Governance at the London Business School and the University of St. Gallen, Global Strategy at INSEAD in Fontainebleau and Singapore and Family Business at all these institutions. As a professor and independent consultant, he engages with owners, board members, and executives to address questions of leadership and value generation. He has contributed articles towards Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, and Neue Zürcher Zeitung. He is based in London, the UK.

Balance legacy with transformation with this guide to leading and developing a family business through effective multigenerational collaboration.

Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: Trust maturity; Chapter - 01: From parent/child to adult peers; Chapter - 02: From obligation to aspiration; Chapter - 03: From conflictual rivalry to negotiated accord; Section - TWO: Capability appreciation; Chapter - 04: From legacy vs transformation to legacy & transformation; Chapter - 05: From practice vs theory to practice & theory; Chapter - 06: From internal vs external to internal & external; Section - THREE: Role respect; Chapter - 07: From "wait your turn" to "we're ready now"; Section - 08: From personified leadership to governance; Chapter - 09: From succession to co-evolution; Section - FOUR: Navigating the transition; Chapter - 10: Leadership practices: promote the aspirational and uphold the foundational; Chapter - 11: Transformation initiatives: kickoff, roadblocks, closure, embedding; Chapter - 12: Using this book: find what you need, talk about it and share what works for you Chapter - 13: Epilogue