Spring 2026
Family Business Resources
Our quarterly newsletter highlights key areas of interests and challenges for family businesses.
Spring 2026: In This Issue
Walter Andersen Nursery: A Legacy of Family, Community and Growth
Since its founding in the late 1920s, Walter Andersen Nursery has served as a cornerstone of the San Diego community. Walter Andersen and his wife, Bertie, established the nursery in response to the city’s rapid growth and an increasing demand for landscaping and horticultural expertise.
Preparing the Next Generation for Family Business Ownership and Leadership
Family-owned businesses, from global enterprises to local mom-and-pops, employ most of the world’s workforce and form the backbone of communities and economies. When they thrive across generations, they do more than sustain jobs; they create enduring legacies of leadership, stewardship, and shared purpose.
Letting Go, Stepping Up: Leadership in Transition
Leadership transitions in a family business are influenced by and affect a lot of stakeholders. How each stakeholder perceives the process – and their role within it – will have an impact on outcomes. Perhaps the two stakeholders who often play the most central roles in this process are the incumbent, or controlling, CEO and his or her successor.
Family Business Resources Newsletter Archive
2026
- Walter Andersen Nursery: A Legacy of Family, Community and Growth
- Preparing the Next Generation for Family Business Ownership and Leadership
- Letting Go, Stepping Up: Leadership in Transition
2025
- From One Truck to a Fleet: The Truline Story
- Drama-free Owner Buyouts in Family Business
- Succeeding at Succession
2024
- Generational Success: Supporting Family-owned Furniture Business Through Thick and Thin
- How Does Your Family Measure Up? Using Assessments to Develop Effective Leaders
- Having ‘The Talk’ — Navigating the Family Business Succession Conversation With Your Parents
Winter 2023/2024 - In This Issue
- From Succession to Continuity: How a Non-family CEO and Effective Board Can Bridge the Gap
- The Learning Family: Building a Family’s Capacity to Develop as a Team
- Houston Family Exemplifies the Heart Behind Family Business
2023
- Leveraging Challenges to Drive Continuity Planning Opportunities
- Six Keys to Successful Family Foundation Creation
- Father-and-Son Studio Business Hits All the Right Notes
- Bonanza Casino: Celebrating 50 Years of Success
- Shared Leadership Offers Growth Opportunities for the Family and Enterprise
- How Family Enterprise Owners Can Prepare for the Creation of a Board With Independent Directors
Winter 2022/2023 - In This Issue
- Family Businesses Need Legal Documents That Go Beyond Estate Plans
- Durable Family Harmony: The Beacon for Strong Family Businesses
- Putting Roots Down in Denver International Airport and Beyond
2022
- Getting the Right Mix of Family Members and Independents for a High-Performance Family Business Board
- Developing a Family Enterprise Owner’s Mindset
- Couple’s Creative Synergy Is a Recipe for Restaurant Success: Cubby’s Restaurants
- Family Business Succession: 15 Guidelines
- Strukmyer: Manufacturing a Family Legacy
Winter 2021/2022 - In This Issue:
- Next Generation Development with a Mentor Team
- The Five Fundamental Building Blocks of Strong Family Businesses
- A Legacy of Real Estate: Walls Property Management