Practical guides, Topic: Family businesses, leadership & business governance, shareholder competence, communication, succession, entrepreneurial families 家族企业中的 所有者胜任能力 家族企业 基业长青的关键因素 In the practical guide *„Shareholder Competence in Entrepreneurial Families – What Family Shareholders and Their Relatives Should Know and Be Able to Do“*, published by the WIFU Foundation (2025), Tom A. Rüsen explains why... Read more
Books, Topic: Family Strategy & Family Governance, Entrepreneurial Family Sozialsystem Unternehmerfamilie – Wie Familienunternehmen durch Familienstrategieentwicklung gestärkt werden können This book by Prof. Dr Heiko Kleve deals with succession planning in family businesses. This involves making the right decisions for the business, the ownership structure and the family. How to do this successfully... Read more
WIFU Publication Series, Topic: Family businesses Akquisitions- und Integrationsprozesse in mittelständischen Familienunternehmen Increasing competitive pressure, growing trends towards consolidation and a lack of succession planning within families are leading to more and more medium-sized family businesses in Germany – even without prior... Read more
Practical guides, Topic: Family businesses, leadership & business governance, succession, entrepreneurial families Nachfolger in der Führungsrolle In the practical guide *Successors in Leadership Roles – How to Ensure a Successful Transition to Operational Leadership* (2024), Michael M. Meier and Tom A. Rüsen demonstrate how the NextGen can transition into operational leadership roles in ... Read more
Practice Guides, Topic: Family Businesses, Succession, Entrepreneurial Family Loslassen lernen In the practical guide „Learning to Let Go – How the Senior Generation Can Actively Shape the Succession Process and Their Own Transformation“ (2024), Simon Caspary, Tom A. Rüsen, and Heiko Kleve show that company-related... Read more
WIFU_kompakt, Topic: Leadership & Business Governance, Succession, Family Businesses WIFU_kompakt_45: Guter Start für die NextGen The WIFU Foundation’s publication *WIFU_kompakt 45: A Good Start for the NextGen (2024)* examines the key factors for the successful integration of successors from the NextGen into... Read more
Practice article, topic: Communication, Crises & Conflicts, Entrepreneurial Family Beharrlich geführte Konflikte – Warum Fakten allein selten genügen The article „Persistently Led Conflicts – Why Facts Alone Are Rarely Enough“ by Dr. Franziska v. Kummer and Prof. Dr. Arist von Schlippe examines the psychological causes of rigid beliefs in conflict situations... Read more
WIFU_kompakt, Topic: Succession, Family businesses WIFU_kompakt_44: Die NextGen motivieren – ein Modell The publication WIFU_kompakt 44: Motivating the Next Generation – A Model (2024) by the WIFU Foundation examines the question of how the motivation of the next generation in entrepreneurial families can be specifically fostered and sustained over the long term... Read more
WIFU_kompakt, Topic: Succession, Family businesses WIFU_kompakt_43: Unternehmerfamilie werden und bleiben The WIFU Foundation’s publication *WIFU_kompakt 43: Becoming and Remaining an Entrepreneurial Family* (2024) analyses the prerequisites and challenges involved in ensuring the long-term cohesion of entrepreneurial families. Starting point... Read more
WIFU_kompakt, Topic: Succession, Family businesses WIFU_kompakt_42: Das Unternehmen als geliehenes Erbe The WIFU Foundation’s publication *WIFU_kompakt 42: The Company as a Borrowed Legacy* (2024) examines the growing challenges faced by expanding entrepreneurial families in dealing with ownership, responsibility and transgenerational... Read more
WIFU_kompakt, Topic: Succession, Family businesses WIFU_kompakt_41: Die Kunst des Loslassens The WIFU Foundation’s publication *WIFU_kompakt 41: The Art of Letting Go* (2024) examines the psychological and emotional challenges associated with entrepreneurs’ transition from active... Read more
Podcasts, Topic: Family Businesses, Succession Nachfolgeprozesse in Familienunternehmen 1/2 In the podcast episode „Succession processes in family businesses 1/2“ (2024) of the podcast „Organisations entwickeln. becomebetter“, Christina Grubendorfer and Prof. Dr. Tom A. Rüsen discuss the importance of early... Read more
Podcasts, Topic: Family Businesses, Succession Nachfolgeprozesse in Familienunternehmen 2/2 In the podcast episode „Succession Processes in Family Businesses 2/2“ (2024) of the podcast „Developing Organisations. becomebetter“, Christina Grubendorfer and Prof. Dr. Tom A. Rüsen talk about key phases of succession... Read more
Books, Topic: Family Strategy & Family Governance, Entrepreneurial Family The Family Business as a Socialisation Context for the Children of Entrepreneurs Simon Caspary investigates the influence of the presence of a family business on the socialisation of descendants from entrepreneurial families. To answer this question, a pluralistic approach is used... Read more
Practice guides, Topic: Leadership & Business Governance, Succession, Entrepreneurial Family 家族企业的 赋能与自我反思 通过系统性思维和行动构建所有者胜任力 In the practical guide „Empowerment and Self-Reflection in Entrepreneurial Families – Shareholder Competence through Systemic Thinking and Action“, published by the WIFU Foundation (2024), Heiko Kleve shows how members... Read more
