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.

  • 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.

  • The thickness of blood in family business (2 of 3)
    Part 2: “Doing business at the wedding.” In family business we often stand at crossroads. We ask, “Who will be our new CEO?” Or, “How shall we grow our business?”

  • The thickness of blood in family business (1 of 3)
    Part 1: “Everyone gets it but the CEO.” In family business we often stand at crossroads. In these moments we seek guidance which, broadly speaking, comes from realms of the spiritual and of the empirical. Here, we focus on the spiritual.

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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