We empower
family businesses.

AFBG: A non-profit organization

We help family businesses of all sizes succeed by offering access to best practices & resources.

Mission & impact

By improving access to family business advisory resources, we create economic and social benefits for business, families, and their communities.

  • AFBG provides tools, skills and knowledge to foster learning and growth in business-owning families and their advisors.
  • We convene communities and deliver broad access to education and materials, skills and tools through a broad array of offerings.
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From the Knowledge Base

  • Best Practices for Independent Directors on Family Business Boards
    During many years of serving as an Independent Director on my sixteen years of serving five different family business boards, I’ve developed five best practices to share with fellow family Directors.

  • Family Meetings: A Place for Dialogue
    Family meetings provide an intentional opportunity away from work and other commitments for the business-owning family to have important conversations.

  • Types of Family Business Owners
    There are many attitudes towards ownership. The following 8 types describe what we have found are common among family business owners. How would you describe yourself?

  • “So, What You Are Saying Is…”: A Guide to Successful Listening
    Our effectiveness in all relationships depends upon our ability to communicate. Yet one of the most frequent issues in marriages, parent-child relationships, partnerships, schools, and businesses is the the failure to communicate.

  • Code of Conduct: An Integral Part of a Family Business Toolkit
    There are many aspects of transitioning a family business from one generation to the next: choosing a successor, establishing a timeline, preparing the next leader, transferring responsibilities and “passing the baton” in a thoughtful, purposeful manner.

  • Using Wisdom to Build Strategy in your Family Business
    Wisdom is using the energy of Hall’s balance-in-tension well. Each family or business structure is a set of relationships and as such is a wellspring of opportunities for creativity and innovation.

  • Values & Vision in a Time of War
    These days, two distinct visions around a set of values are clashing in Eastern Europe. Like every crisis, that puts so many things up in the air. We’ve barely caught our breath from COVID-19 and now this!

  • The Thickness of Blood in Family Business (3 of 3)
    Part 3: “The dinner party changed everything.” Things can turn into other things. People can become family. And, when those miracles happen, the good that flows feel boundless.

A legacy of thought leaders

For decades, the Aspen Family Business Group served as a renowned international resource in the emerging field of family business consulting. We have helped families successfully navigate changes, fostering harmony and prosperity.

Help us to empower families.

AFBG, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization recognized by the IRS, provides knowledge, tools and support to all families in business. Your donation is tax deductible to the full extent of the law.

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