By nature, humans seek to mythologize the leaders who have gone before us resulting in long shadows for those who come after. As a result, successors struggle to establish credibility and find their own authentic leadership style. Based on research with successors of family business legends such as Massimo Ferragamo, Bill Wrigley Jr. and John Tyson, this program shares the challenges and resulting strategies to prepare the next generation of leaders to establish credibility, persevere through failure, and honor the past while charting a "way forward." To be successful, family members need to create their own identity and step out of the shadows to be the effective leader the business needs.
Andrew is the Founder and President of Keyt Consulting, prior Executive Director of Loyola University’s Family Business Center and part of a family business.
The Family Business Series are half-day programs taught by family business experts. The programs are held at the Tinkham Veale University Center and complimentary parking is available in the Campus Center Garage. The general schedule for the programs is as follows:
- 7:30-8:30 AM – breakfast and registration
- 8:30-11:30 AM – program
Family businesses are welcome to attend a first Family Business Series program as our guest.
Weatherhead School of Management Center for Family Business