Family Business Strategy Articles by Thomas Davidow & Associates

Voice of Reason - Thomas Davidow Counsels Families About One of the Biggest Threats to Their Businesses: Themselves. By Hannah Grove Shaw Hannah Shaw Grove, executive editor of Private Wealth, recently spoke with Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D., founder of consulting firm Thomas D. Davidow & Associates, about his specialty practice helping families increase the success and value of their biggest asset - their privately owned businesses. Private Wealth, November/December 2010 (469kb PDF file)

Walking the Walk: #2
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From an abbreviated version to be posted in 'Our Family Business at Odds'

85 Years and Four Generations Later...
By Joanne Ray
New England Construction, September 2010, (394kb PDF file)

Family Fortune Telling
By Russ Robb and Thomas Davidow
Massachussetts Family Business Magazine, Fourth Quarter 2010, (118kb PDF file)

GETTING PERSONAL: Estate Advisers As Surrogate Parents
By Arden Dale
From a Dow Jones Newswires Column

Debate: "Should the business hire a non-family CEO from the inside or reach out to find the best in the market?" CampdenFB, Summer 2010, (2.4mb PDF file)

Walking the Walk: Facing the Succession Process in My Own Business
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From an abbreviated version to be posted in 'Our Family Business at Odds'

Joining the Family Business: Bringing it All Back Home
By Jenny Davidow, M.A.
From an abbreviated version to be posted in 'Our Family Business at Odds'

It's Never about the Money
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
Posted September 10, 2010 in Our Family Business at Odds

The Brooke Astor case: It wasn't about the money
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D and Patricia M. Annino, Esquire, 131kb PDF file

Family Dynamics Consultants and Lawyer-Mediators
By George F. Burns, Esq.
Dispute Resolution Magazine, Winter 2010

Standards for Managing Significant Wealth
CampdenFB.com, December 2, 2009 (529kb PDF)

2009 Holiday Articles - A collection of articles for the high net worth family and family business owner
(1.8mb PDF file)

How Did We Get Here? When family firms get to the third generation. it's time for some serious analysis. (Massachussetts Family Business, Fourth Quarter 2009, 440kb PDF file)

Debate: "What's the best thing to do with a family business whose members have lost their emotional attachment?" (CampdenFB, Summer 2009, 101kb PDF file)

Sudden Money Loss: A Seven Step Plan for Families on the Edge of a Financial Cliff
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D and Patricia M. Annino, Esquire, 44kb PDF file

Surviving Madoff
Campden FB, Winter 2009 (689kb PDF)

With the Continuous Collapse of Major Financial Institutions, Should a Trusted Advisor Become a Trustee?
(wealthstrategiesjournal.com, March 22, 2009, 168kb PDF)

Why leadership and values matter
campdenFB.com, March 12, 2009

Women in Family Business: What Keeps You up at Night? by Patricia M. Annino J.D., Thomas D. Davidow Ed.D, Cynthia Adams Harrison Ed.D, Lisbeth Davidow Ed.M, addresses the psychological, relational and financial issues impacting women in family owned businesses: women who want their husbands to retire; mothers who want to treat their children fairly; widows who don't know whether to keep or sell the business; stepmothers who feel like outsiders; daughters who want their fathers' approval; sisters who want the same opportunities as their brothers; and daughters-in-law and sisters-in-law who wanted to be treated with respect. The book informs, entertains and provides those women in the family owned business with survival tools for taking care of themselves and their families. Order from Amazon.com

With collapse of financial institutions, should trusted advisor become trustee? (Massachussetts Lawyers Weekly, November 10, 2008)

"Dual class shares: aristocracy or meritocracy?" (CampdenFB, Sep/Oct 2008, 142kb PDF file)

"Compensating the working family" (Families in Business, May/Jun 2008, 220kb PDF file)

"What do I do when there is conflict in my family?" (Families in Business, Jan/Feb 2008, 70kb PDF file)

Family business- to sell or not to sell? (Families in Business, Nov/Dec 2007, 210kb PDF file)

Minimising succession risks: a definitive guide (Families in Business, Sep/Oct 2007, 110kb PDF file)

Quitting the family business (Family Business Management, Fall 2007, 60kb PDF file)

Executive Coaching 101

Beware thy brother . . . (Families in Business reprint, Jul/Aug 2007, 76kb PDF file)

Lawyers not always equipped to work with family-owned businesses (Massachussetts Lawyers Weekly, July 17. 2007, 56kb PDF file)

Divorce: is it possible for a business to survive? (Families in Business reprint, May/Jun 2007, 92kb PDF file)

Building Intergenerational Dialogue (Families in Business reprint, Mar/Apr 2007, 55kb PDF file)

Orderly Succession (Families in Business reprint, Jan/Feb 2007, 148kb PDF file)

Retirement (Families in Business, October/November 2006)

Reshaping - not retiring (Families in Business reprint, Sep/Oct 2006, 199kb PDF file)

Communications Techniques

Dealing with Major Health Issues in the Family Business

Enhancing Team Performance

Family Business Advisory Council: Purpose And Structure

How Multi-Generational Family Firms Transfer Management Control Successfully

The Key Issues that Can Help Family Businesses Gain Control of Sibling Rivalries

Making Peace between the Generations in Family Businesses

Performance Appraisal in the Competitive 21st Century

Philanthropy: A Lifetime Commitment

Placing a Family Business in Trust: Identifying and Resolving Inherent Conflicts

Profit Sharing: Entitlement or Motivator?

The Provisional Audit Committe

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Why it is Relevant to the Closely Held Family Business

Selecting and Working With Valuation Firms

The "Unreal Repeal": A Closer Look at the 2001 Estate Tax Law

Using Phantom Stock to Compensate Executives in Privately Held Businesses

What Do Women Really Want? Estate Planning Tailored to Women's Needs

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