The purpose of this article is to explore strategy advisors’ actions and interactions with family actors and nonfamily managers for strategy work in family businesses. By combining the strategy-as-practice perspective with the concept of emotional engagement practices, we interpret the case of a family firm collaborating with an external advisor over a 15-year period. We add to prior studies by showing how advisors work to build trustful and emotional connections that shape relational dynamics within evolving spaces of strategic discussion. We highlight the implications for strategy work, which change as relational dynamics develop over time.

Advising in family firms: shaping relational dynamics and trustful connections in strategy work / Quarchioni, Sonia; Ciccola, Roberta; Chiucchi, Maria Serena. - In: FAMILY BUSINESS REVIEW. - ISSN 0894-4865. - STAMPA. - 35:4(2022), pp. 338-360. [10.1177/08944865221124356]

Advising in family firms: shaping relational dynamics and trustful connections in strategy work

Roberta Ciccola;Maria Serena Chiucchi
2022-01-01

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to explore strategy advisors’ actions and interactions with family actors and nonfamily managers for strategy work in family businesses. By combining the strategy-as-practice perspective with the concept of emotional engagement practices, we interpret the case of a family firm collaborating with an external advisor over a 15-year period. We add to prior studies by showing how advisors work to build trustful and emotional connections that shape relational dynamics within evolving spaces of strategic discussion. We highlight the implications for strategy work, which change as relational dynamics develop over time.
2022
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