{"id":828838,"date":"2025-02-22T08:11:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T14:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/when-your-family-business-has-a-conflict-over-governance\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T08:11:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T14:11:45","slug":"when-your-family-business-has-a-conflict-over-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/when-your-family-business-has-a-conflict-over-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"When Your Family Business Has a Conflict Over Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/topic\/subject\/family-businesses\">Family businesses<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span> by <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/search?term=Nick Di Loreto\">Nick Di Loreto<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/search?term=Hans Latta\">Hans Latta<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>February 21, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/resources\/images\/article_assets\/2025\/02\/Feb25_21_522958726.jpg\"   alt role=\"presentation\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Big Cheese Photo\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?&#038;original_referer=&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&#038;related=twitterapi%2Ctwitter&#038;tw_p=tweetbutton&#038;url=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-analytics=\"share-on-x\"><span>Post<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/product\/when-your-family-business-has-a-conflict-over-governance\/H08N11-PDF-ENG\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics=\"buy-reprint-link\"><span>Buy Copies<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<h2>Summary.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p><span><span><\/span><\/span><\/section>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/2025\/02\/when-your-family-business-has-a-conflict-over-governance?language=es\" data-analytics=\"lang-es\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/2025\/02\/when-your-family-business-has-a-conflict-over-governance?language=pt\" data-analytics=\"lang-pt\">Ler em portugu\u00eas<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?&#038;original_referer=&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&#038;related=twitterapi%2Ctwitter&#038;tw_p=tweetbutton&#038;url=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-analytics=\"share-on-x\"><span>Post<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/product\/when-your-family-business-has-a-conflict-over-governance\/H08N11-PDF-ENG\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics=\"buy-reprint-link\"><span>Buy Copies<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p data-first-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cMaybe we should just sell this thing,\u201d Connor lamented to his brother Liam as they departed the spring owner meeting of their family\u2019s heavy-equipment business. For the fifth quarterly meeting in a row, discussions with their siblings, Dan and Matt, about refreshing their independent board members had ended in a stalemate. \u201cHow can we ever resolve this impasse if we\u2019re not speaking outside of the meeting?\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Read more on <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/topic\/subject\/family-businesses?ab=articlepage-topic\"><strong>Family businesses<\/strong><\/a> or related topics <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/topic\/subject\/managing-conflicts?ab=articlepage-topic\"><strong>Managing conflicts<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/topic\/subject\/corporate-governance?ab=articlepage-topic\"><strong>Corporate governance<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/topic\/subject\/business-management?ab=articlepage-topic\"><strong>Business management<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/topic\/subject\/succession-planning?ab=articlepage-topic\"><strong>Succession planning<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?&#038;original_referer=&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&#038;related=twitterapi%2Ctwitter&#038;tw_p=tweetbutton&#038;url=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-analytics=\"share-on-x\"><span>Post<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/product\/when-your-family-business-has-a-conflict-over-governance\/H08N11-PDF-ENG\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics=\"buy-reprint-link\"><span>Buy Copies<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Read more on <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/topic\/subject\/family-businesses?ab=articlepage-topic\"><strong>Family businesses<\/strong><\/a> or related topics <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/topic\/subject\/managing-conflicts?ab=articlepage-topic\"><strong>Managing conflicts<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/topic\/subject\/corporate-governance?ab=articlepage-topic\"><strong>Corporate governance<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/topic\/subject\/business-management?ab=articlepage-topic\"><strong>Business management<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hbr.org\/topic\/subject\/succession-planning?ab=articlepage-topic\"><strong>Succession planning<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2025\/02\/when-your-family-business-has-a-conflict-over-governance\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Nick Di Loreto<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family businesses by Nick Di Loreto and Hans Latta February 21, 2025 Big Cheese Photo\/Getty Images Post Buy Copies Summary.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leer en espa\u00f1ol Ler em portugu\u00eas Post Buy Copies \u201cMaybe we should just sell this thing,\u201d Connor lamented to his brother Liam as they departed the spring owner meeting of their family\u2019s heavy-equipment business. 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