Preserving Families and Perpetuating Businesses
Most families call the lawyer first and the family second. Dave Specht turns it around, starting with questions that have no right answer.
Dave Specht
Director, Global Family Business Institute at the Drucker School; author of The Family Business Whisperer
On the show
The Business Family Diagnostic · Ownership
Shared ownership is the hardest thing you can ask anyone to do.
Dave starts families on small shared decisions, like a Christmas budget the children give away together. Have the rules for passing ownership on been agreed and written down in your family?
“Each adult owner knows what they own.”
Biography
Dave Specht is the Director of the Global Family Business Institute at The Drucker School of Management. Dave is the author of “The Family Business Whisperer.” Prior to joining the Drucker School Dave helped lead a Family Dynamics team at one of the largest Private Banks in the United States where he trained over 2,500 advisors. Dave is married and he and his wife have 6 children. His personal mission is to “Preserve Families and Perpetuate Businesses.”
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