By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
December 21, 2015
During the holidays, what is the best way to handle family business discussions?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
December 21, 2015
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
December 21, 2015
Can success create conflict in family owned businesses?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
August 25, 2015
Does the business serve the family or does the family serve the business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
August 2, 2015
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
July 14, 2015
When does "old school" get old?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
June 26, 2015
Can tensions between siblings be reduced?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
April 15, 2015
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
March 27, 2015
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
March 13, 2015
How did you know that the brothers had a problem?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
March 2, 2015
Does age have an impact on one’s ability to let go?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
February 16, 2015
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
February 1, 2015
How come it so difficult to listen?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
January 19, 2015
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
January 6, 2015
How Is Self-sacrifice Connected To The Family Business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
December 10, 2014
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
December 3, 2014
What Is Different About Thanksgiving?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
November 23, 2014
Should you include the extended family/Spouses in family business issues?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
November 12, 2014
How important is structure in the family business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
November 4, 2014
Do you believe in confrontation?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
October 22, 2014
What do you do when you are caught in the “middle”?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, September 25, 2014
How do you reach out to the next generation?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
How should family owned businesses deal with visibility in the community?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, September 11, 2014
Does everybody have a story about family owned businesses?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, August 18, 2014
Lessons Learned from the Market Basket Conflict
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From an opinion in Cape & Plymouth Business, September 2014
Market Basket does not appear to have a future
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From an opinion in Cape & Plymouth Business, September 2014
What can we learn from the Demoulas debacle?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, August 13, 2014
What is it about Market Basket and the Demoulas family?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, August 5, 2014
Does the answer to succession lie in the next generation?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, July 29, 2014
What was the scariest but best decision a family business had to make?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, July 23, 2014
What is the counter intuitive challenge in family owned businesses?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, July 14, 2014
How do you convince people to be patient?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, July 4, 2014
What did I learn from a Family Business conference?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, June 26, 2014
What does age have to do with it?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, June 18, 2014
Do Real Estate families have special challenges?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, June 11, 2014
How do you bring the next generation into the family business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, June 3, 2014
How do you deal with sudden loss in the family business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, May 30, 2014
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, May 21, 2014
What is the impact of substance abuse on family owned businesses?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, May 16, 2014
Are prenuptials a good idea for family businesses?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, May 6, 2014
What is the key to the success of family businesses?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, April 29, 2014
When should you not engage a family business consultant?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, April 22, 2014
When should you sell the family business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, April 15, 2014
When do you bring a non-family CEO, COO or CFO into the family business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, April 8, 2014
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, April 1, 2014
How come it’s so difficult for members of the same generation to run the family business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, March 21, 2014
Would I want to be twenty-five again?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, March 14, 2014
How can success in a family business be a problem for the family and the business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, March 6, 2014
Should you choose one family member to be in charge of the family business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, February 26, 2014
How come succession planning can be so difficult?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, February 19, 2014
Should women seek a career in the family business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, February 14, 2014
How do you bring a family member into the family business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, February 6, 2014
How do you let go during the succession process?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, February 1, 2014
How come family businesses are so private?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, January 23, 2014
What is the biggest challenge for sons in the FOB?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, January 17, 2014
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, January 9, 2014
How do you deal with in-laws in the FOB?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, January 3, 2014
Is “Happy Holidays” an oxymoron?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, December 19, 2013
How do you deal with anger in the family business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, December 11, 2013
What does the term “boundaries” mean in family owned businesses?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, December 4, 2013
When does fantasy trump reality?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, November 26, 2013
Should there always be one person in charge in the FOB?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, November 20, 2013
Does DNA play a role in families and, therefore, in the family owned business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, November 13, 2013
What are the risks of bringing in an outside CEO to run the family business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, November 8, 2013
Which is more important, nature or nurture?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, October 31, 2013
How does the loss of a loved one affect the succession process?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, October 25, 2013
How come the senior generation has a hard time training the next generation?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, October 18, 2013
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, October 13, 2013
Why does the next generation have the dilemma of being caught in the middle?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, September 19, 2013
How come communication can be so difficult in family owned businesses?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, September 13, 2013
What are the advantages of a governance structure in the family business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, September 5, 2013
How long does it take to train the next generation to run the family business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, August 29, 2013
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, August 23, 2013
How important is it for your parent/boss to provide feedback?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, August 14, 2013
What is the danger of interpreting someone else’s behavior?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, August 8, 2013
How important is it for families with financial ties to communicate?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, July 31, 2013
What causes love/hate relationships in family businesses?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, July 26, 2013
Should the next generation have outside experience?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, July 18, 2013
When do you tell the next generation that you are wealthy?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, July 12, 2013
Are there situations that you seem to run into more than others?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, July 3, 2013
When does the senior generation begin to lose control in the Family Owned Business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, June 28, 2013
What Is the Best Method of Compensation for Family Owned Businesses?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, June 20, 2013
What about the “Michigas” in Family Businesses?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, June 13, 2013
Can You Teach an “Old Dog” New Tricks?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, June 6, 2013
What Is the Advantage of the Interdisciplinary Method of Consulting to Family Owned Businesses?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, May 30, 2013
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, May 23, 2013
Is it Possible to Control Your Emotions with Other Family Members?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, May 16, 2013
The Trouble with Family Secrets
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From the Campden Wealth Bulletin, May 13, 2013
What about the Good? (as opposed to the Bad and the Ugly)
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, May 8, 2013
What Were the Results of My Request for Information?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, May 1, 2013
Why Should You Avoid Family Business Litigation?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, April 24, 2013
Has the Market for Family Business Consulting Changed?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, April 11, 2013
Why Is It So Difficult to Work with the Ones You Love?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, April 4, 2013
What Does “The Shrink” Think about the Role Emotions Play in Family Businesses?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, March 28, 2013
By Dennis Warren
Business Leader Post, March 22, 2013
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, March 20, 2013
How Do You Find Out What Your Client Is Thinking?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, March 6, 2013
What is the Importance of Loyalty in a Family Owned Business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, February 27, 2013
What is the First Thing You Should Do When You Meet a New or Prospective Client?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, February 20, 2013
What Do You Do When Your Client Is Not Listening to You?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, February 4, 2013
What Motivates People to Plan?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, January 24, 2013
What Is The Difference Between Power and Authority in Family Owned Businesses?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, January 16, 2013
What Have Been the Characteristics of My Five Most Impressive Clients?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, January 2, 2013
What Is the Role of Parents in the Family Owned Business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, December 26, 2012
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, December 17, 2012
What Happens to Sibling Rivalry During the Succession Process?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, December 10, 2012
How Do You Distinguish the Role of Father From the Role of Boss in the Family Owned Business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, November 29, 2012
Is It Ever Too Late to Pass On the Family Values To the Next Generation?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, November 15, 2012
What is a Key Ingredient for Success?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, November 7, 2012
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, November 1, 2012
What Is the Advantage of Mediation?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, October 25, 2012
by Lilli Friedland, Ph.D.
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, October 15, 2012
How Do You Make Decisions Between Family and Business Interests?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, October 1, 2012
What is the Most Difficult Part of the Succession Process?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, September 26, 2012
How Do You Deal with an Underperforming Family Business Member? — Part II
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, September 10, 2012
How Do You Deal with Underperforming Family Members in the Family Owned Business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, September 5, 2012
Is that a light at the end of the tunnel or a train heading the other way?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, August 27, 2012
What is a fair compensation structure for family-owned businesses?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, August 23, 2012
What makes some opinions better than others?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, August 9, 2012
Is there more to the Paterno/Murdoch syndrome?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, August 2, 2012
How come there are late bloomers?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, July 26, 2012
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, July 20, 2012
What Is the Joe Paterno/Rupert Murdoch Syndrome?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, July 12, 2012
What makes for a successful husband and wife business team?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, July 3, 2012
How do you bring in-laws into the business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, June 26, 2012
Should you always try to stay in business together?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, June 21, 2012
How does a family business owner respond to being told that he has a terminal illness?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, June 13, 2012
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, June 5, 2012
How does the next generation deal with mixed messages from the senior generation?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, May 30, 2012
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, May 23, 2012
What can you do to help the next generation perform?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, May 15, 2012
By George Burns Esq.
From a column in the Business Leader Post, May 9, 2012
Why is it so important to follow your instincts in business
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, May 2, 2012
By George Burns Esq.
From a column in the Business Leader Post, April 24, 2012
What do you do when the senior generation has Alzheimer's?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, April 16, 2012
How much do you tell your employees about your succession plans?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, April 11, 2012
How do you resolve materialism versus spirituality?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, April 3, 2012
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, March 20, 2012
What is the biggest obstacle to inter-generational dialogue about succession?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, March 20, 2012
Re-vitalizing the Family Business
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a 'Webinar Wednesday' presention by the Family Business Association, March 7, 2012
How do you address the senior generation's mixed messages about letting go of control?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, March 6, 2012
Everybody is Entitled to be Treated with Dignity
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, February 29, 2012
Should my spouse have a say in the family business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, February 14, 2012
How can relationships improve?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, January 24, 2012
Can the Senior Generation Keep it's Authority and Still Allow Succession to Happen?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, January 11, 2012
What Does Responsible Capitalism Mean?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, December 27, 2011
How Can I Live Up To Their Expectations?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, November 29, 2011
How Come Brothers Have Such a Difficult Time Working Together in the Business?
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, November 15, 2011
Good Not Great: Why It's Time To Reconsider Your Professional Advisors
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From a column in the Business Leader Post, July 11, 2011
By Hannah Grove Shaw
Hannah Shaw Grove, executive editor of Private Wealth, recently spoke with Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D., founder of consulting firm Thomas D. Davidow & Associates, about his specialty practice helping families increase the success and value of their biggest asset - their privately owned businesses. Private Wealth, November/December 2010 (469kb PDF file)
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From an abbreviated version to be posted in 'Our Family Business at Odds'
85 Years and Four Generations Later...
By Joanne Ray
New England Construction, September 2010, (394kb PDF file)
By Russ Robb and Thomas Davidow
Massachussetts Family Business Magazine, Fourth Quarter 2010, (118kb PDF file)
GETTING PERSONAL: Estate Advisers As Surrogate Parents
By Arden Dale
From a Dow Jones Newswires Column
CampdenFB, Summer 2010, (2.4mb PDF file)
Walking the Walk: Facing the Succession Process in My Own Business
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
From an abbreviated version to be posted in 'Our Family Business at Odds'
Joining the Family Business: Bringing it All Back Home
By Jenny Davidow, M.A.
From an abbreviated version to be posted in 'Our Family Business at Odds'
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
Posted September 10, 2010 in Our Family Business at Odds
The Brooke Astor case: It wasn't about the money
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D and Patricia M. Annino, Esquire, 131kb PDF file
Family Dynamics Consultants and Lawyer-Mediators
By George F. Burns, Esq.
Dispute Resolution Magazine, Winter 2010
Standards for Managing Significant Wealth
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D
CampdenFB.com, December 2, 2009 (529kb PDF)
Massachussetts Family Business, Fourth Quarter 2009, 440kb PDF file
CampdenFB, Summer 2009, 101kb PDF file
Sudden Money Loss: A Seven Step Plan for Families on the Edge of a Financial Cliff
By Thomas D. Davidow, Ed.D and Patricia M. Annino, Esquire, 44kb PDF file
Campden FB, Winter 2009 (689kb PDF)
wealthstrategiesjournal.com, March 22, 2009, 168kb PDF
Why leadership and values matter
campdenFB.com, March 12, 2009
Women in Family Business: What Keeps You up at Night?
By Patricia M. Annino J.D., Thomas D. Davidow Ed.D, Cynthia Adams Harrison Ed.D, Lisbeth Davidow Ed.M. Addresses the psychological, relational and financial issues impacting women in family owned businesses: women who want their husbands to retire; mothers who want to treat their children fairly; widows who don't know whether to keep or sell the business; stepmothers who feel like outsiders; daughters who want their fathers' approval; sisters who want the same opportunities as their brothers; and daughters-in-law and sisters-in-law who wanted to be treated with respect. The book informs, entertains and provides those women in the family owned business with survival tools for taking care of themselves and their families.
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With collapse of financial institutions, should trusted advisor become trustee?
Massachussetts Lawyers Weekly, November 10, 2008)
Dual class shares: aristocracy or meritocracy?
CampdenFB, Sep/Oct 2008, 142kb PDF file
Compensating the working family
Families in Business, May/Jun 2008, 220kb PDF file
What do I do when there is conflict in my family?
Families in Business, Jan/Feb 2008, 70kb PDF file)
Family business - to sell or not to sell?
Families in Business, Nov/Dec 2007, 210kb PDF file
Minimising succession risks: a definitive guide
Families in Business, Sep/Oct 2007, 110kb PDF file
Family Business Management, Fall 2007, 60kb PDF file
Families in Business reprint, Jul/Aug 2007, 76kb PDF file
Lawyers not always equipped to work with family-owned businesses
Massachussetts Lawyers Weekly, July 17. 2007, 56kb PDF file
Divorce: is it possible for a business to survive?
Families in Business reprint, May/Jun 2007, 92kb PDF file
Building Intergenerational Dialogue
Families in Business reprint, Mar/Apr 2007, 55kb PDF file
Families in Business reprint, Jan/Feb 2007, 148kb PDF file
Families in Business, October/November 2006
Families in Business reprint, Sep/Oct 2006, 199kb PDF file
Dealing with Major Health Issues in the Family Business
Family Business Advisory Council: Purpose And Structure
How Multi-Generational Family Firms Transfer Management Control Successfully
The Key Issues that Can Help Family Businesses Gain Control of Sibling Rivalries
Making Peace between the Generations in Family Businesses
Performance Appraisal in the Competitive 21st Century
Philanthropy: A Lifetime Commitment
Placing a Family Business in Trust: Identifying and Resolving Inherent Conflicts
Profit Sharing: Entitlement or Motivator?
The Provisional Audit Committe
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Why it is Relevant to the Closely Held Family Business
Selecting and Working With Valuation Firms
Mark K. Harder, Esq., May 20, 2004, 86kb PDF file
The "Unreal Repeal": A Closer Look at the 2001 Estate Tax Law
Using Phantom Stock to Compensate Executives in Privately Held Businesses
What Do Women Really Want? Estate Planning Tailored to Women's Needs