Years before HBO’s Succession became a popular and acclaimed series, children/siblings born into family firms faced all the same challenges that plague Succession’s next gens (Connor, Kendall, Roman, and Shiv):
These incredibly common problems are often ignored completely or seen as part of the “normal” dynamics of family businesses. Thus, family members are brought into the business, or remain there, despite a lack of skills, interest, valuable experience, motivation, or simply a really poor fit between the family business and the family member.
As we are seeing play out fictionally on HBO, family members who don’t have an independent sense of self-esteem and self-regard can be ticking time bombs; ones that impacts their own mental health, relationships, as well as the success of the business. While Succession makes for compelling TV, this issue alone can lead to years of overwhelming stress, conflict, addiction, and worse.
This program is designed for those to wish to gain insight into this often-overlooked dynamic, as well as those who are actively working through such situations. Family business leaders can learn key strategies to avoid “trapping” family members, and to manage those who are already there.
