Leadership & Management

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The Family Business Consulting Group
Passing the Baton in a Family Business

In Shakespeare’s King Lear, an aging king divides his kingdom among his daughters based on flattery. The daughter who speaks honestly is disowned, and Lear ultimately loses everything. This story is a cautionary tale for family furniture business owners: poor succession can erode not only the business you’ve built but

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Zelman
Housing Insights That Help Furniture Retailers Stay Ahead

You don’t need another research firm telling you what happened last quarter. You need a heads-up on what’s coming so you can buy smarter, staff smarter, and market smarter. That’s where Zelman, a Walker & Dunlop company, comes in. Now an HFA Solution Partner, Zelman is bringing its industry-leading housing

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The Family Business Consulting Group
The Transition Talk: Letting Your Parents Know You’re Ready to Lead

“We need to talk.” Those four words can be intimidating in any relationship. In family-run furniture businesses, they can feel even heavier—especially when what you need to say is: “Mom, Dad, I’m ready to lead.” For decades, your parents have poured their energy into building the store, the brand, and

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Home Furnishings Association
We’re Living Longer — What That Means for Succession Planning

Longevity is one of the most defining shifts of our time. Americans are living longer, healthier lives than ever before, and that reality is reshaping how family-owned and closely held businesses must approach succession planning, leadership, and financial planning for home furnishings retailers, in particular, where family involvement runs deep

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The Family Business Consulting Group
Smart Family Business Compensation Planning

Strengthen Your Business While Preserving Family Harmony Compensation planning in a retail furniture business often feels more like an art than a science. You’re balancing the need to motivate and retain top talent—family and non-family—while ensuring the business remains profitable. For family-owned furniture retailers, the conversation becomes even more layered.

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The Family Business Consulting Group
Preparing the Next Generation for Success in Your Family Business

Defining Roles, Purpose, and a Path to Leadership Bringing a son, daughter, or younger family member into your retail furniture business can be rewarding and challenging. There’s pride in continuing the family legacy and hope in watching a new generation step forward. But without the right structure, what starts with

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Lightspeed Commerce
The Ins and Outs of Cloud ERP and POS Integrations

Home and furniture retailers managing multiple locations or expanding their operations need tools that simplify and unify their workflows. Keeping various applications integrated is a must when they are in place. This is where a cloud ERP and POS integration comes into play. Bringing ERP and POS systems together creates

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imagine.io
What Furniture Retail Leaders Can Learn from The One Minute Manager

Simple, powerful leadership principles that drive performance and engagement on the sales floor and beyond. Whether you’re managing a large retail floor, a regional chain of home furnishings stores, or a small family-owned business, the demands on today’s retail leaders have never been greater. Between staffing challenges, customer expectations, and

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