Broader and deeper than one may think?
- Do you see yourselves as a Family enterprise or as an Enterprising family?
- Could the "secret sauce" of your family enterprise be understood and leveraged to spawn, evolve or purchase new business projects?
- Are you a family first business or a business first family?
- Does it entail just family members? Just those working in the business? Just those who have ownership?
- Depending on which area of the 3 circle model family members sit, how might they view things differently?
- What do you have in place to ensure transparent communications and stewardship?
Source: Tagiuri, R., & Davis, J.A. 1996. Bivalent attributes of the family firm, Family Business Review, June (2): 199-208.
