Ferguson Alliance | Family Business Advisors | HQ in Houston

I’ll be honest with you: I’m a slow adopter.

I do use AI. I have Claude, and I use it more than I probably expected to.

But I’m also strict with myself about how I use it. And lately I’ve been thinking a lot about why that matters, especially for those of us running businesses where the work is personal.

So, I want to share something that’s been ...

Two brothers, one business, and a disagreement that never got resolved.

That’s the situation I want to walk you through in this video, because chances are some part of it will sound familiar.

On the surface, it looked like a strategy problem.

One brother wanted to grow aggressively, take on debt, maybe even bring in a partner. The other wanted to protect ...

There’s always stress. As the leader of an organization, you’re going to be dealing with it. That’s a given.

The more useful question isn’t how to eliminate stress, but how to identify what kind of stress you’re in.

There’s good stress. And there’s bad stress.

You might think about it like good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. Or consider charcoal...

I hear the same concern from family business owners again and again. Especially in third- and fourth-generation businesses.

The owners are ready to step back from running the company day to day. Maybe they want to move out ...