# How to Build Upon the Legacy of Your Family Business — and Make It Your Own

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/how-to-build-upon-the-legacy-of-your-family-business-and-make-it-your-own/
- Published: 2023-06-15T10:00:57-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Sean Murphy / Getty Images. Article by John Seaman, Arielle Gorin, and Fabian Bernhard. Harvard Business Review – June 9, 2023. Summary.  Family companies often have a strong sense of history and tradition. Although these legacies can create advantages, they sometimes leave next-generation leaders feeling handcuffed or constrained by the way their ancestors ran things. To overcome that, they should seek to reformulate the company’s story in a way that creates advantages for the present. […] Click here to view original web page at hbr.org