Patricia Frishkoff founded the Family Business Program at Oregon State University in 1985 and served as its director until her retirement in 2002. The Family Business Program's mission is to foster healthy family businesses. Frishkoff was a professor of accounting in Oregon State University's College of Business and the first holder of the A.E. Coleman Chair in Family Business. In 1988, Frishkoff and her husband founded a consulting practice, Leadership In Family Enterprise, which provides consulting in the area of Family-run businesses. Patricia Frishkoff received her undergraduate degree from St. Lawrence University. She also holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from Kent State University
I think you have to look for ways with the farm as the center because it is and will be ways in which you strengthen the glue with the family as a team. You look for rituals that you know the kids will never ever want to let go. It's hard for me, I do it some these days not to go cut my own Christ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Patricia Frishkoff Discusses Background and Need For Her Family To Sell The Family Farm
Patricia Frishkoff States Background is Work With Family Businesses - Specifically Family Farms
Patricia Frishkoff Discusses Concept of Commitment Related To Long Term Success of Family Farm
Patricia Frishkoff States Family Businesses Must Think About The Potential Impact of Divorce
Patricia Frishkoff States Importance of Understanding Impact of Death on Family Business
Patricia Frishkoff States Family Businesses Often Have Difficulty In Bringing Up Topic of Death
Patricia Frishkoff States Often Death Issues Need To Be Brought Up By A Trusted Advisor Who Is Outside The Family
Patricia Frishkoff States Chief Emotional Officer In a Family Business Is The One To Bring Conflict Out Into The Open
Patricia Frishkoff States Negativity Around The Dinner Table Can Impact Future Employees Of A Family Business
Patricia Frishkoff States Importance of Families Trying To Create An "Our" Farm Feeling
Patricia Frishkoff States In A Family Focused Farm, All Members Must Have Opportunities
Patricia Frishkoff States Family Members Have To Be Every Bit As Talented As Who You Would Hire From The Outside
Patricia Frishkoff States Implementation Of Business Models Helps Make Decisions Less Personal
Patricia Frishkoff Discusses Need For Clear Boundaries When Non-Family People Work On The Family Farm
