Crisis Management

03/27/20 • 58 min

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We are in unprecedented times at the moment and will be facing challenges and decisions for the very first time in our lives. We have a panel of experts on this weeks show who discuss ways in which we can act that have served family businesses well during previous crises.

I speak with Simone Møkster the Managing Director of Family Business Norway, Elizabeth Bagger the Director General of the Institute for Family Business, Alex Scott who is a 4th generation family business member and one of the founders of the Institute for Family Business and John Learmonth, MD of Deanbridge International and publisher of The European Family Investment Company.

John has published an article that looks at what families in business can learn from the last major crisis that the world faced in World War 2.

You can find the article here:

You can also find more about John here: https://www.deanbridgeinternational.com/

You can find out more about Family Business Norway here: https://familybusinessnorway.no/

You can find out more about the IFB and the work they are doing here in the UK here: https://www.ifb.org.uk/

and you can find out more about Alex Scott and his business here: https://sandaire.com/about-us/

As ever I am here to support you in any way I can, just drop me an email [email protected]

John has published an article that looks at what families in business can learn from the last major crisis that the world faced in World War 2.

You can find the article here:

You can also find more about John here: https://www.deanbridgeinternational.com/

You can find out more about Family Business Norway here: https://familybusinessnorway.no/

You can find out more about the IFB and the work they are doing here in the UK here: https://www.ifb.org.uk/

and you can find out more about Alex Scott and his business here: https://sandaire.com/about-us/

As ever I am here to support you in any way I can, just drop me an email [email protected]

Previous Episode

Using mindfulness to live well during the Corona Virus crisis

With Corona Virus impacting more and more businesses and people around World, I follow up our last episode with an interview with Martin Stepek.

Martin is a mindfulness coach and also a family business expert and so can offer unique insights into how to use mindfulness at times of extreme stress.

Martin's own family business went into administration in the early 2000's and he found that during that extremely difficult time he was able to use his mindfulness practice to help him through.

You can find out more about Martin at the following sites:

www.martinstepek.com

www.tenforzen.co.uk

Next Episode

Reasons to be Hopeful

We are living in unprecedented times where we are fearful for our families health, that of our own and the prospects for our businesses. It can be easy to become overwhelmed by the situation and so I offer some reasons to be hopeful in this episode.

Many of the businesses that I am speaking to now are aware of and accessing the support available to them from Government and so are now finding that they have started to look at what they need to do within their businesses and within the environment they find themselves in now.

In this episode I discuss some of the reasons that I am hopeful and optimistic and share some tips on how to spend any additional time that you may have as a result of the Government guidance to stay home and save lives.

The link to the podcast website is www.fambizpodcast.com