Michael Lobraico, founder of NCI Solutions, writes monthly case studies exploring solutions to a variety of challenges faced by individuals connected to family businesses as well as executive leaders in general.

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You may read or listen to his recent case studies, below. For past case studies, please see the Archive page.

Family owned and operated businesses

• A Lesson from Elementary School Solves a Business Problem - Lara's family business was going strong for decades, but one year things unexpectedly took a turn for the worse. Are the good days behind them or is there a path to a brighter future?
  

• Playing Fair Can Get Rough - John thought he had cleared the path to leadership of the family HVAC business, until something he had not foreseen rattled his plan. The family steers their way through conflict by applying the "include everyone" principle.

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Executive leadership

• The Trap of Business Traditions - Monisha explained that essentially what they wanted to do was to go back to the methods that had made Singh Financial a success in the past.