Succession planning

Family Businesses Shouldn’t Hunt for Superstar CEOs

Owners need to get their house in order first.

by

Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer

by

Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer

December 06, 2013

It’s a dilemma that faces family businesses all too frequently.

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Josh Baron is a cofounder and a partner at BanyanGlobal Family Business Advisors and an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. He is a co-author of The Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook (Harvard Business Review Press, 2021). Rob Lachenauer is a cofounder and the CEO of BanyanGlobal. He is a co-author of The Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook (Harvard Business Review Press, 2021).

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