In my work with agricultural families, I’m seeing a growing and difficult reality: many farms and ranches today don’t have a successor within the family. While this absence can simplify parts of ...

There are major gaps between retiring advisers and their successors—gaps that threaten firm continuity and long-term growth.

Susan Reavis — the former owner, consultant and board of directors treasurer at Reems Creek Nursery — shares the importance ...

As Baby Boomers retire, architecture firms face major ownership shifts. Learn how new models and planning can shape the future of the profession.

While 69% of farmers expect to transfer their operation to the next generation of family members, too many are misplacing ...

Black-owned businesses face alarming closure rates without proper succession planning. Discover essential steps to protect ...

For family-owned businesses, a succession plan helps eliminate confusion or conflict about who will take the reins. Done well, it can preserve family harmony and ensure your values continue with ...

A new report by the Lagos Business School’s Family Business Initiative has revealed that only 22.8 per cent of surveyed Nigerian family-owned businesses have completed formal succession plans ...

The author is a partner at law firm Maurice Turnor Gardner. Advising on tax and succession planning is what I do for a living, but experience has taught me that the answer to a business owner’s ...

The case for succession planning at Indian family-owned businesses Indian billionaire families increasingly prefer investment management over active business roles, raising succession concerns.

Family business consultant Ivan Lansberg accepts the complexity of the succession planning process. However, he advises that 12 tasks must be accomplished during continuity planning.