Overview

Generation6 helps enterprising families successfully strengthen and sustain their businesses across generations. We deliver bespoke solutions to family enterprise challenges at the family, business, and ownership levels, and build family capacity and cohesion across all generations to reduce conflict and create a sustainable future. Strengthening the capability of family members as owners, and their ability to collaborate and make decisions together is at the core of our mission. We know that a strong family brings strength and value to its business, stakeholders, and community: That is why we focus on both family and business to nurture each for mutual benefit. We take no shortcuts. Our approach addresses the dynamics within the family and the strategic health of the business. A deep understanding of the relational, financial, operational, and business aspects of the family enterprise allows us to provide comprehensive services. Our team brings more than 160 years of combined experience in working with thousands of business-owning families around the world. We have spoken globally, written books, authored countless articles, and served on family councils and boards of directors. Together, we have worked with some of the world’s leading family businesses in nearly every industry, including manufacturing, agriculture, retail, food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, media, and entertainment. Our leadership has been central to the development of the family business field and its professionals since its foundational years in the early 1980s and continues to drive thought leadership to this day. Across our team, we are cited more than five times a day in business and academic publications, and we’re just getting started. Our areas of expertise include family business education and consulting, governance, ownership development, succession, continuity planning, policy development, leadership development, strategic planning, board review, and conflict resolution.