Medium to large sized family business (turnover $50M+) have a problem: the next generation aren’t interested in joining. There are so many options out there in the job market (jobs that didn’t exist in the previous generation) that the family business often doesn’t hold an interest. Grant Thornton’s July 2017 report ‘Diversity of Thought in Family Businesses’ discusses the risk-averse nature of mature family businesses that can often be an impediment to the next generation. by David Werdiger
