Ryan Bailey

How to Help Children in a Divorce, Part 3

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-15 /

In our last post, we looked at children’s common emotions around divorce and ways to help. One of the key ways to help children deal with the emotions and stress of a divorce is to help them identify, understand, and express their emotions.  As you do this, it can be helpful to remember that God…

How Family Dynamics Impact Family Business, Part 4

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-09 /

It is important for families in businesses to incorporate their strengths into the business. In this blog post, we look at how to find your family’s strengths and tips for leveraging them in the family business.

Nepotism and Family Business, Part 3

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-09 /

In the third post of our series on nepotism, we look at how to help and love our families without practicing nepotism.

Nepotism and Family Business, Part 2

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-09 /

The second post in our series on avoiding nepotism unpacks concrete steps you can take to make sure you have fair hiring and promotion processes.

Nepotism and Family Business, Part 1

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-09 /

In this blog post series, we look at how to avoid nepotism by creating hiring and promotion practices that combat it while still loving our family members well. We start by defining nepotism.

How Family Dynamics Impact Family Business, Part 3

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-04 /

In this post, we continue our Family Business and Family Dynamics series by looking at steps you can take to build healthy family dynamics.

How Family Dynamics Impact Family Business, Part 2

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-04 /

In the second post of our series on family dynamics, we look at healthy verse unhealthy dynamics and their impact on a family business.

How Family Dynamics Impact Family Business, Part 1

By Ryan Bailey / 2024-01-04 /

This blog post series is focused on family dynamics and how they impact family business. In this post, we look at what family dynamics are and how they shape our leadership.

A Holistic Approach to Family Business

By Ryan Bailey / 2023-12-22 /

A family businesses can be a source of great joy, but may also have complexities that require outside help. In this blog post, we dive into our process for coming alongside family businesses to heal what needs to be healed and grow what needs to be grown.

Incumbent and Successor Leadership Styles

By Ryan Bailey / 2023-12-21 /

For many family business, the leadership styles of the current leader and the successor can be quite different. In this blog post, we discuss the leadership styles, priority, and values of incumbents and successors.