Lesson #1: Nothing is more important than family.  Lesson #2: A family doesn’t need to be perfect – it just needs to be united. Therein lies the challenge. Family businesses and their leaders face tremendous stress.  Not only are they dealing with all the challenges of business, but the family business system inherently intertwines business, ...

The High Center is run through Elizabethtown College in Lancaster County. It was started in 1995 through funding by the High Companies and other investors to help boost family-owned and privately held businesses. It offers education, peer counseling and other business-boosting services.

When I began my career in family business consulting nearly 20 years ago, I met Dean Fowler, one of the early thought leaders in the field of family business and author of several books, most notably Love, Power and Money.

Baling hay. It’s important & urgent work on a farm. It’s also a great business metaphor related to the number one barrier to growth in every business. 

Tom Garrity, the managing partner of Compass Point Consulting, explains there are four decisions every company needs to get right in order to scale up: people, strategy, execution, and cash.