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MakingSparks: Navigating a Family Business in Manufacturing with Tad Dickel Part 1, 391
Episode 391

MakingSparks: Navigating a Family Business in Manufacturing with Tad Dickel Part 1, 391

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders · Casey Voelker, Matthew Nix, Tad Dickel

January 16, 202430m 15s

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Show Notes

Nix Companies is a fifth-generation family business in an industry that's predominantly privately held and family-owned. Family-owned businesses are the fabric of our economy. Today's guest on MakingSparks, Tad Dickel, is a Leadership & Strategy Consultant with a special interest in family-owned businesses. He helps them with everything from governance to succession planning.

Tad shares why having difficult conversations with family early can make a profound impact on the long-term generational success of the business. He also covers how to have those conversations. Don't miss this one!

– Matthew Nix

Segments
  • [0:38] Netsuite by Oracle
  • [2:42] How Tad Dickel helps family-owned businesses
  • [5:39] Why work with a Leadership & Strategy Consultant
  • [9:16] Challenges that family businesses face
  • [12:42] Spark of Knowledge: The Ideal Team Player
  • [13:57] Casey's dad joke
  • [14:25] Tad's hope for this episode
  • [17:43] Palo Alto Zero Trust OT Security
  • [21:33] Using a Venn diagram to think through family dynamics
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