Author: Michael Louie

When to begin succession….an epiphany – my weekly perspective

Wow, what an uplifting outcome. I just came out of a meeting this week with a family who are in the process of successfully transitioning from G1 to G2 (generation 1 to generation 2).  This successful endeavour has been a 3 year journey culminating in: – a plan of reorganization to allow the following generation’s […]

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What essential family agreements to ratify? – my weekly blog

Some key agreements to consider as an essential part of your succession plan.  These are not all inclusive and we will further elaborate on them in later posts. 1. Shareholders’ agreement, including buy sell and addressing the 3D’s (death, divorce, disability) 2. Family employment and compensation agreement 3. Voting agreement 4. Dividend policy 5. Insurance, […]

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Family employment, best practices – my weekly perspective

In a prior blog post, I outlined the three circle model. Today, I will describe this model in the context of family employment. Many a family business has become fiscally challenged as the number of family members relying on compensation from the business grew (in successive generations) and the expectation – entitlement for compensation, regardless […]

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A checklist to assess the health of your business…. – my weekly perspective

Some points and issues for consideration that could facilitate the succession of your business. You could use list this as a regular check up tool to assess the general health of your business: 1.  have you identified the company’s key performance indicators (KPI’s), http://successinsuccession.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/succession-key-performance-indicators/ 2. what are the benchmarks for your KPI’s 3. have you identified […]

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