Fairness is not always equal shares
Equal percentages feel clean—and often create the wrong incentives when only some children work in the firm.
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Practical writing on successors, shareholding, and family meetings for New Zealand owner-managers mid-handover.
Apprenticeship years before the title changes
Why successors need staged authority—and how founders can release customer relationships without vanishing overnight.
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When the constitution does not match the kitchen table
Many NZ family firms discover their legal documents describe a company that no longer matches how decisions are really made.
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Naming a successor without fracturing siblings
How founding generations can announce a leadership choice while keeping non-selected children invested as owners or advisors.
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