Calling GEORGE Magazine a “bust” is just wrong. I know—because I had a front row seat. At the time, I was running domestic digital editorial operations for Hachette Filipacchi Médias, including GEORGE. Let’s get the facts straight: • Launched in 1995 • Turned a profit in year one • Reached 400,000+ paid readers • Scaled […]
That’s the price tag on watching TV in the back office while your family business pays you to be mayor. Meet John Vassilaki — former mayor of Penticton, British Columbia, and newly minted poster child for why “he’s family, we’ll figure it out” is not a governance strategy. The B.C. Supreme Court just ordered him […]
And yet… the fourth generation can’t agree on what to do with it. Here’s a masterclass in how NOT to run a family business: 🔴 Step 1: Build something legendary (great job, Estée) 🔴 Step 2: Hand it to your kids (fine, still okay) 🔴 Step 3: Hand it to THEIR kids (getting spicy) 🔴 […]
What Timothée Chalamet’s town hall disaster teaches every business leader — including the ones who think they don’t care about any of this. There is a particular kind of reputation damage that does not arrive with warning. It does not come from a scandal, a lawsuit, or a product failure. It arrives in a single […]
Stop Blaming Gen Z. Look In the Mirror. Are these kids showing up to job interviews high? Genuinely asking — because I personally know CHROs who get calls from parents when their adult child gets feedback at work. As in, a grown person received constructive criticism from their employer and their mom picked up the […]
The New York Giants are worth $10.1 billion. The Tisch family has owned half of them since 1991. And it took an Epstein scandal to force a succession plan into motion. Let that sink in. This week, Steve Tisch — along with his siblings Jonathan and Laurie — formally requested the NFL’s approval to transfer […]
One branch of a family that built a Yonkers coffee roasting company together — from the ground up — is now asking a judge to force the whole thing closed. Why? The other branch allegedly placed a family member on the payroll who never worked there. Not a day. Not an hour. Possibly to inflate […]
Most founders cling to the CEO title like it’s the prize. It’s not. It’s a job. A very specific, often brutal job — and it has almost nothing to do with why most founders started building in the first place. Jay Graber just did something the startup world rarely celebrates: she looked in the mirror, […]
On paper it looks clean. The numbers are clean. Six and a half years. Profits up 150%. Membership at an all-time high. He even said it himself: “I’ve really accomplished what I wanted to accomplish here.” And he meant it. According to his own Billboard interview, there was 100% staff turnover during his tenure. A […]
Family businesses rarely fail because of numbers. They fail because of unresolved people dynamics. If you work inside a family business, you already know this—even if no one has ever said it out loud. The hardest moments don’t come from spreadsheets. They come from conversations that never quite happen, roles that are never clarified, and […]
Many different types of work cultures Family culture is characterized by a strong emphasis on hierarchy and orientation to the person. The result is a family-type environment that is power-oriented and headed by a leader who is regarded as a caring parent and one who knows what is best for the per- sonnel. Trompenaars found […]
Here’s a tip #102, when meeting with a Spanish speaker. Be able to introduce yourself, “Me (MEH) llamo (YA-MO) ______.” My name is _____. It sends a message that you care and took five seconds to learn out to speak their native tongue. “Nunca(Noon-Ka) sabes (SA-BAYS) quien (KI-EN) conoceras (Co-No-Sa-Ras)”. You never know who you’ll […]
Succession planning is the Achilles’ heel of most family businesses. Everyone knows it’s coming, but few know how to handle it without burning bridges. The Common Pitfalls Avoidance: no one wants to talk about Dad retiring. Favoritism: heirs are chosen based on relationships, not readiness. Sabotage: family members undercut each other to secure power. What […]
Family businesses are powerful engines of wealth and legacy—but they’re also minefields of decision-making drama. After decades of coaching and consulting, Jocelyn has seen the same traps pop up again and again. The good news? Once you name them, you can escape them. Trap 1: Consensus Paralysis When every family member needs to agree, nothing […]
Think MBA thinking is just for suits and spreadsheets? Think again. Today’s smartest organizations from fast-scaling startups to legacy family-run businesses are going all in on one game-changing idea: Business fluency isn’t just for the C-suite anymore. It’s for everyone. And that’s exactly where MBA 101 training comes in. No soul-crushing tuition. No endless semesters. No jargon-for-jargon’s-sake. […]
How you respond in the first 24–48 hours can make or break your company’s future. Data breach? PR disaster? Market disruption? Internal scandal? The pressure to act fast is real but speed without strategy is a trap. At Sider Road, we’ve worked alongside leaders in the heat of major crises. And we’ve seen even the smartest […]