Governance and having an external sounding board
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This week, Jo MacSween, (Vistage Chair and former MD of Macsween, a Scottish Family business) and Alan Frost (Mazars, Consulting Director) join Natalie Wright to discuss how governance can help family businesses in effective decision making and action. And also why working with advisers external to the family business is important so that owners are challenged and can separate themselves from personal/emotional attachments, leading to a greater chance of success.
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