Non-Family Executive in a Family Business
You hired a non-family executive to run your family business. Your kids treat them like a suggestion. The problem isn't your family — it's that you never finished the handoff.
You hired a non-family executive to run your family business. Your kids treat them like a suggestion. The problem isn't your family — it's that you never finished the handoff.
When a family business skips a generation, the adult grandchild ends up holding a business that was never built for them to run. The title transfers. The authority doesn't. Here's what that costs and how to fix it.
The next generation is in the building every day. They know the operation. They just won't own a decision without you in the room. Here's what that pattern looks like, what it's costing your business, and why it doesn't fix itself.
You hired a non-family executive to run your family business. Your kids treat them like a suggestion. The problem isn't your family — it's that you never finished the handoff.