03: Navigating Family Succession - Shelley Taylor, ABARTA Family Council Chair
04/22/20 • 29 min
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This episode features Shelley Taylor, a family business advisor and expert on navigating family succession. Shelley has worked with multi-generational companies for more than 20 years, and she is the Family Council Chair for ABARTA, a 3rd and 4th generation company running one of the largest Coca-Cola distributors in the US.
Shelley shared best practices for succession, and ways to develop the next generation of leaders. For her family, next generation succession is not only about employment, it's about ownership and stewardship of the business and what it means to be an owner.
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This episode features Shelley Taylor, a family business advisor and expert on navigating family succession. Shelley has worked with multi-generational companies for more than 20 years, and she is the Family Council Chair for ABARTA, a 3rd and 4th generation company running one of the largest Coca-Cola distributors in the US.
Shelley shared best practices for succession, and ways to develop the next generation of leaders. For her family, next generation succession is not only about employment, it's about ownership and stewardship of the business and what it means to be an owner.
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Acknowledgements:
Recorded in studio at Carney marketing agency in Pittsburgh, PA
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