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"About 57.000 companies will have
to deal with problems of succession in the following five
years. This means that over 450.000 jobs will be directly
affected."
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Source:"Nachfolger
gesucht", PWC
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80% of respondents
declared that they would try to retain ownership of their business,
but only 30% of intra-family suc-cessions are successful. |
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Source:"Nachfolger
gesucht", PWC
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Only 4% of all successions
go to daughters! |
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Source: "Unternehmen
Zukunft", ZKB 2006
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Our Philosophy |
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In family businesses and small and medium sized companies,
more and more successions are going to women. Female successors
assume responsibility in leading positions and as members
of advisory boards. The quotas of women are still small, but
will increase rapidly over the coming years. In the near future
familienunternehmen.ch will be promoting women's potential.
We are very ambitious in bringing together men and women who
have the same idea of partnership and who could imagine handing
over succession in their company to a woman. We want to stay
abreast of this change of opinion and we want to find solutions
which include women.
Who do we wish to address?
Our knowledge and experience are directed at the various
people who are confronted with the issue of succession within
a family business. They could be as one of the following:
- a designated successor in a family business
- an entrepreneur looking for a succession solution in his
own company
- a member of the owner-family
- the (future) manageress who is interested in the take-over
of the company
We offer our professional assistance and advice in these
areas by posing the following questions:
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1. 1. I am a potential successor
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"I've worked in my father's company for three years.
I see that he finds it difficult letting go. I need a professional
woman to speak to who knows this kind of problem and who can
offer practical help to resolve this delicate situation." |
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2. 2. I am a family member
and don't work in the company |
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"I will not be working in my parents' company, but
I will inherit a certain quantity of shares. Now I ask myself
whether I should ask to become a member of the advisory board?"
"My parents worry about having to sell their company.
I'm still too young (25) to take over its management and I
am in the middle of my studies. I might wish to join the company
later however. How can I address this problem with my parents
so that they feel prepared to deal with the question of appointing
a successor?"
"We are the children of third-generation owners (I'm
the oldest daughter) and we don't currently know whether we
wish to carry on with the family business. Could we carry
on with the business, even if we don't have an active part
in its management? What steps do we have to take as a family?"
"I had to sign a shareholder-agreement which offers
me less than those owned by the other members of my family
who are working in our company."
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3. 3. I am member on the advisory
board of a family business |
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"I've been a member of the advisory board of a family
business for ten years. The question of finding a CEO has been
repeatedly postponed by the owner. This thorny problem is simply
not being tackled. What active steps could I take as a member
of the advisory-board?"
"We are looking for a successor for the advisory-board."
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4. 4. I am an entrepreneur
and am looking for a (family-owned) company without successor
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"I've been working for twenty years in different positions
in companies of different sizes. I feel that I am now fully
competent and ready to run a business of my own. What is the
best way of finding a suitable company?" |
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5. 5. I am an entrepreneur
and looking for a successor outside of the family |
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"My daughter will definitively not be following in
my footsteps. We are the owners of a successful company and
are looking for a succession solution. If we don't find one,
we will have to sell it."
"We have a successful family business which we would
not like to sell. As our children are still at school, we
are looking for a CEO-successor who will match our corporate
philosophy and will continue our successful business."
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6.6. I have other questions relating
to our family business and the appointment of a successor and
I would like to receive professional advice and support.
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7. 7. I am a specialist*
and would be interested in receiving further information relating
to successorship. |
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* legal advice, Public Trustee, research
and teachings
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