Business Details
Family Enterprise Continuity Solutions
Lansberg Gersick & Associates is a specialized consultancy dedicated to supporting family enterprises in achieving long-term continuity and impactful legacy. Our team employs a unique diagnostic approach to address the interconnected dynamics of business, ownership, and family systems. With expertise in governance, leadership, succession planning, and resilience, we offer tailored services such as Continuity Audits, workshops, and strategic advisory to help families navigate complex challenges. Our global reach extends to family businesses, offices, and foundations, providing research-driven insights and practical frameworks. We emphasize the importance of shared vision, effective communication, and adaptive governance to ensure multi-generational success.Our work is grounded in decades of experience and a deep understanding of the unique needs of enterprising families. Through publications, podcasts, and educational programs, we disseminate thought leadership to empower families worldwide. Our collaborative approach involves partnering with key advisors to deliver comprehensive solutions. We prioritize building social capital and fostering engagement among family members to strengthen relationships and drive sustainable growth. Our team combines academic rigor with real-world experience to address both immediate concerns and long-term strategic goals.
Services
Continuity Audit
Family Governance
Succession Planning
Leadership Development
Family Philanthropy
Highlights and features
- We offer a proprietary Continuity Audit diagnostic tool for family enterprises.
- Our team has decades of experience in family business governance and succession.
- We provide research-driven frameworks tailored to complex family systems.
- Our global reach supports clients across diverse industries and regions.
- We combine academic rigor with practical, actionable solutions for sustainability.
What people say
Research-driven insights
Tailored continuity solutions
Expertise in family governance
Global perspective
Actionable frameworks
Services
Continuity Audit
Our Continuity Audit is a comprehensive diagnostic tool assessing family enterprise systems across business, ownership, and family dimensions. It identifies risks, aligns strategic goals, and provides a customized roadmap for multi-generational success. The audit addresses governance gaps, leadership readiness, and succession challenges.
Family Governance
We design governance frameworks tailored to family enterprises, including board structures, family councils, and ownership policies. Our approach ensures alignment between business strategy, family values, and long-term legacy goals while fostering transparent decision-making processes.
Succession Planning
Our succession planning services focus on preparing next-generation leaders and establishing clear transition protocols. We address cultural, structural, and emotional aspects of leadership handovers to ensure seamless continuity and sustained family enterprise resilience.
Leadership Development
We offer leadership programs for family enterprise members, combining workshops and simulations to build ambidextrous leadership skills. Our training emphasizes balancing business needs with family dynamics while fostering adaptive decision-making capabilities.
Family Philanthropy
Our family philanthropy advisory helps establish impactful giving strategies that strengthen family cohesion. We guide clients in creating foundations that align with core values while ensuring governance structures support long-term charitable objectives and intergenerational engagement.
People
Ivan Lansberg
Founding Partner
Ivan Lansberg co-founded Lansberg Gersick & Associates and pioneered family enterprise continuity frameworks. He is an author of 'Succeeding Generations' and 'The Enduring Enterprise,' focusing on leadership succession and resilience in family businesses.
Devin DeCiantis
Managing Partner
Devin DeCiantis leads LGA's global advisory services, specializing in governance and resilience strategies. He co-authored 'The Enduring Enterprise' and advises family businesses on navigating uncertainty through adaptive leadership and systems thinking.
Jeremy Cheng
Advisor
Jeremy Cheng specializes in Asian family enterprises, focusing on succession planning and sustainability. He contributes research on governance challenges in emerging markets and advises on cross-generational wealth transitions.
Fernanda Jaramillo
Partner
Fernanda Jaramillo develops frameworks for shared vision creation in family enterprises. Her work emphasizes social capital development and intergenerational communication strategies to strengthen family-business alignment.
Nicolas Hollanders
Advisor
Nicolas Hollanders focuses on ownership engagement and governance structures. He researches family labor pool dynamics and advises on creating inclusive systems for multi-generational family enterprise participation.
Questions
What is Lansberg Gersick & Associates' primary focus?
We specialize in continuity solutions for family enterprises, addressing governance, leadership, succession, and resilience through diagnostic audits and strategic advisory services.
How does the Continuity Audit benefit family businesses?
The Continuity Audit provides a comprehensive analysis of family enterprise systems, identifying risks and creating customized roadmaps to ensure multi-generational success across business, ownership, and family dimensions.
Do you work with international clients?
Yes, we serve family enterprises globally, with recent expansions in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, adapting our frameworks to diverse cultural and business environments.
What leadership development programs do you offer?
We provide workshops and simulations focused on ambidextrous leadership, balancing business needs with family dynamics, and preparing next-generation leaders for complex enterprise challenges.
How do you approach family philanthropy advisory?
We help establish governance structures for family foundations, aligning charitable goals with core values while fostering intergenerational engagement and long-term impact strategies.
