In this episode of Legacy: Navigating Family Business, we explore what success really means for family businesses. While many think success is just about making money, it’s much more subjective – especially in family-run enterprises. As a sixth-generation CEO, I’ve learned that defining success for ourselves can be challenging but crucial for long-term growth. We’ll discuss common pitfalls family businesses face and I’ll share a holistic framework to help you define success on your own terms.

Show Notes:

The Well Life by Dr. Peter & Briana Borten

The Seventh Power: One CEO’s Journey into the Business of Shared Leadership by Kevin Hancock

And a correction: The Housing Market Crash I was referring to was in 2007. Apologies for the brain lapse. :)

It’s January – Let’s talk about PLANNING!!

It’s one of my favorite subjects, my nerdiest super power, AND also one of the ways I’ve grown & evolved the most when it comes to the way I tend to my family business on a daily basis. Join me as I lay out my top tips for planning (logistically & energetically) in a healthy, balanced & sustainable way for the year ahead. Because overwhelm & anxiety are OUT and clarity & flow are IN for 2025!

Show notes:

Book recommendation - https://www.brittfrank.com/the-science-of-stuck

Family businesses make up nearly 2/3rd of all businesses worldwide and despite that staggering number, the families who own & operate those family businesses can feel deeply lonely and unsupported as they navigate the intricacies & challenges of running a business with those closest to you. The Legacy: Navigating Family Business Podcast is here to change all that! Join me, Anne Bauer, as we dive into season two of The Legacy: Navigating Family Business Podcast. In this trailer we share a sneak peek into what is coming in the year ahead!

It’s our last episode of the year!! Can you believe it?!?!

Finding work-life balance during the holiday season can feel especially challenging for family business owners and I’m no exception! Join me this week as I share 3 things that can help us wrap up the year with intention, enjoy the holiday season fully, and set us up for success in 2025!

What’s your big, bold vision for 2025 and what support do you need to put into place to get there? Go to www.thelegacyevolution.com and book a discovery call - let’s chat!

Show notes:

Newsletter recommendation - https://www.alexandrafranzen.com/

Book recommendation - https://illumination360.com/myth

This week’s episode may push your edges and pique your curiosity as I talk in more depth about the energetic support, guidance, and medicine available to us (and our family businesses) by connecting to our well & wise ancestors. In this episode we talk about:

• Leaning into your business’s history to gain perspective during difficult times
• How to start connecting with the energy of your ancestral line
• Forming a relationship with your spirit team for clarity, inspiration, and energetic support for you & your family business

What comes up for you listening to this episode? What questions do you have? I’d love to hear from you at www.thelegacyevolution.com (Just send me a message or book a discovery call - let’s chat!)

Join me as I dive into another powerful piece of the work that we do here at Legacy. In this episode I answer questions like:

1. What is ancestral healing?
2. How does ancestral healing impact family businesses?
3. What’s possible in family businesses through ancestral healing?

And share a few examples from my experience leading my own family’s 6th generation family business. www.thelegacyevolution.com

Additional show notes: Seriously Entertaining: Ruha Benjamin on "In Being Bold"

RUHA BENJAMIN, Princeton professor and author of the forthcoming IMAGINATION: A MANIFESTO, grappled with who gets to be bold and how boldness forgets the present in its attempt to shape the future. From House of SpeakEasy's "Seriously Entertaining" in a partner event with W. W. Norton & Company to celebrate Norton’s 100th anniversary and the launch of Norton Shorts, a new series of short books by leading scholars, November 2023. Visit the speaker's page here: https://www.ruhabenjamin.com/

Join me as I try to put words to a generally wordless experience and dive into the how & why of energy work & family business coaching. In this episode we break down:

1) Why being aware of our energy is important everywhere, but especially in family business

2) How coaching paired with energy work works (& why it’s vastly more efficient & effective)

3) What energy work is & how I came to it in my own work for my own family business – and why it’s now so instrumental in the work I do with my family business clients.

Let’s dive in! (And don’t forget to check out all of my free gifts & resources over at www.thelegacyevolution.com)

Finding yourself feeling burned out, resentful, uninspired, or strained in your family business relationships? It may be time to bring your work-life balance back into… well, balance. Join me this week as I outline the 3 most common challenges to creating better work-life balance and then dive into the steps we can start to take to restore balance, reciprocity, and satisfaction in your family business!

Want to learn more? Be sure to sign up for my free Legacy Monthly Resource Guide – it’s positively brimming with tools, resources, and suggestions to help bring better work-life balance into your family business today! Just click here to join the mailing list: https://thelegacyevolution.myflodesk.com/weekly

This month’s resource guide hits inboxes on Friday, September 27!