Future-Proofing your Business Family

Strengthen your family’s business and governance roadmap

Location

Singapore

Length

3 days

Fee

SGD 15,700

Next program starts

24 September 2025

Prepare the groundwork for a lasting legacy now

IMD Asia’s flagship program, led by family business expert Marleen Dieleman, empowers family business leaders to secure their legacy and drive long-term success. Gain proven frameworks to turn tradition into a competitive edge, navigate smooth leadership transitions, and tackle governance challenges in an Asian context.

Through expert-led discussions, case studies, and a confidential, closed-door setting, participants will be able to leverage proven frameworks for governance, leadership transitions, and generational alignment—ensuring their family business thrives for generations to come.

We encourage family members to join together so that IMD can assist them in their transformational journey.

Proven Legacy Strategies

Turn tradition into a competitive edge with time-tested frameworks that protect your legacy while driving forward-looking sustainable business success.

Asia-Focused, Future-Ready

Tackle real-world challenges with strategies rooted in deep insights on Asian family business cultures, governance, and market dynamics.

Private Conversations, Powerful Alignments

In a closed-door, confidential setting, foster honest dialogue and strategic alignment—ensuring cross generational alignment.

Seamless Transitions, Lasting Impact

Master the art of smooth leadership and ownership transitions with a holistic approach to governance and business continuity.

Introduction

(Half day)

Improve your resilience as a business family

Future of your business

Design your future business strategy
Innovate across generations in high-growth environments
Build effective corporate governance to achieve your future strategy
Facilitated conversations on the future business roadmap

Future of your family

Aligning your corporate and family governance
Deep dive: Developing family rules about family members’ remuneration
Manage ownership and leadership succession through family governance
Facilitated conversations on the future family roadmap

Future of your legacy

(Half day)

Design your family’s legacy for the future
Start shaping the narrative about your family legacy today

“This program helps business families leave a lasting entrepreneurial legacy by strengthening the foundations of effective governance. It allows families have important conversations on their future and learn together from experts, peers, and coaches.”

Marleen Dieleman

Program Advisor

future proofing business family - IMD Business School

Your family

This program is for you if your family:

Is a multi-generational business family looking to foster a long-lasting entrepreneurial legacy. You want your family to work harmoniously together, be it in business or in other joint activities such as a family office or family philanthropy.
Recognizes that family members have different roles, capabilities and aspirations and you want to be able to take high-quality decisions together while avoiding family conflicts. You recognize that you have done well, but also that the future will require you to continuously adapt and improve.
Is keen to benefit from the latest independent insights from academic experts and from peers in the program and to reinforce the foundations to embrace the future with confidence.

For ideal learning benefits, we encourage team attendance – for example family teams of several generations, siblings, cousins, and/or their key non-family executives.

Attending as a family will help you to develop a common language and a common approach. You can also consider sending family members
to the same program over time.

IMD programs widened my horizon and opened a totally new view on family business. The lectures with Professor Marleen Dieleman shed light on our business problems concerning different generations and we are now following her approach.