NEXT GENERATION
"The Role of the New Generation in Family Businesses"
Topics
1 - Understanding the Next Gen: Values, Motivations, and New Perspectives
What motivates the new generations of business families in Colombia?
Generational differences in leadership, purpose, and business vision.
2 - Education, Training, and Experience: Preparing the Leaders of Tomorrow
Business, academic, and emotional training programs for the Next Gen.
The value of working outside the family business and returning with an external perspective.
3 - Strategic Incorporation: When and How to Involve the New Generation?
Entry routes: participation in projects, committees, governance, or operational areas.
Clear expectations, performance metrics, and family meritocracy.
4 - Innovation with Respect for Legacy: New Initiatives Driven by the Next Gen
Family startups, impact investments, digitalization, and ESG.
Cases in which the Next Gen has led the company into new markets or models.
5 - Intergenerational Governance: Structures that Facilitate Next Gen Participation
Family councils, Next Gen committees, family assemblies.
How to give voice without losing order or institutional authority.
6 - Conflict Management and Communication between Generations
How to overcome cultural clashes or differences in vision between generations.
The importance of active listening, safe spaces, and external facilitators.
7 - From Role to Purpose: How to Align Personal Development with the Future of the Family Business
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Vocation, identity, and contribution of the Next Gen in the family legacy model.
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Real cases of successful transition in Colombian business families.