Fredda Brown 
Fredda Herz Brown, PhD, is a pioneer in the field of family enterprise. Her numerous contributions over a quarter century have helped to establish standards of professional practice and develop the body of knowledge that defines the work of the field to this day.
Among her numerous academic appointments over the years, she continues as a guest lecturer for the MBA program at Columbia University. Fredda's distinguished career accomplishments have been honored by awards from the Family Office Exchange and the Family Firm Institute, where she is a Fellow and founding board member. She holds a PhD and Master’s Degree in Psychology.
She is author of the new book The Essential Roadmap: Navigating Family Enterprise Sustainability in a Changing World. She is also co-author of the highly acclaimed and innovative The Family Wealth Sustainability Toolkit. Combining an online index with a book the toolkit provides an innovative way for wealthy individuals, family offices, and the financial planners, advisors, and wealth managers who counsel them to better assess their wealth sustainability skills.
Dr. Fredda Herz Brown is also the author of Reweaving the Family Tapestry, which encapsulated her model for understanding and working with families as they evolve through their life cycles. She has authored many articles, which demonstrate her thought leadership in the field. She has served as a mentor to many young consultants and family enterprise scholars who seek to develop both new ideas and their own consultative capabilities.
Among her numerous academic appointments over the years, she continues as a guest lecturer for the MBA program at Columbia University. Fredda's distinguished career accomplishments have been honored by awards from the Family Office Exchange and the Family Firm Institute, where she is a Fellow and founding board member. She holds a PhD and Master’s Degree in Psychology.
She is author of the new book The Essential Roadmap: Navigating Family Enterprise Sustainability in a Changing World. She is also co-author of the highly acclaimed and innovative The Family Wealth Sustainability Toolkit. Combining an online index with a book the toolkit provides an innovative way for wealthy individuals, family offices, and the financial planners, advisors, and wealth managers who counsel them to better assess their wealth sustainability skills.
Dr. Fredda Herz Brown is also the author of Reweaving the Family Tapestry, which encapsulated her model for understanding and working with families as they evolve through their life cycles. She has authored many articles, which demonstrate her thought leadership in the field. She has served as a mentor to many young consultants and family enterprise scholars who seek to develop both new ideas and their own consultative capabilities.
Category: Family Businesses and Partnerships
Interviews with Fredda Brown »See all
Fredda Brown joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the challenges family businesses are telling her about, and why the senior members of those organizations have to manage with wisdom and perspective.
Fredda Brown joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the fact that all small businesses are family businesses, and to talk about how to manage yours during a pandemic emergency, when stress is high.
Books by Fredda Brown
The Essential Roadmap sheds light on the paths to maintain a healthy enterprising family. It focuses on maintaining strong, resilient relationships and the development of behaviors that will provide the framework for the future; suggests ways to handle the inherent challenges and conflicts that arise along the way; and provides many rich examples of families who develop behaviors and structures in each of the dimensions to flourish and grow for generations to come.
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