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Measuring Performance in Family Enterprises: An Interview with Sir Andrew Likierman
Weekly Edition • April 23, 2025
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FFI Practitioner is pleased to feature a podcast conversation with Sir Andrew Likierman, 2025 recipient of the 2086 Society’s FFI Scholar-in-Residence grant. In today’s podcast, Sir Andrew Likierman discusses the complexities of performance management in family enterprises. He emphasizes the importance of having a common framework for success that aligns with the family’s objectives, the significance of integrating individual performance with the enterprise’s overall strategy, and the necessity for family enterprise advisors and practitioners to adopt a consistent and coherent set of performance measures to ensure clarity and alignment within the organization.
About the Contributor
Sir Andrew Likierman, FFI 2025 Scholar-in-Residence, was the Dean of London Business School from 2009–2017 and is currently Professor of Management Practice. His research, before working on managerial judgment, was in the fields of performance measurement and public finance. In his career as an executive, as well as running the London Business School, Andrew has worked for his own family’s textile firm. He has also started his own book business and for 10 years was Head of the UK Government Financial Management Service.
Interviewer: Jordan Rich is celebrating a quarter century at one of America’s top legacy radio stations, interviewing thousands of celebrities, authors, actors and interesting personalities throughout his career. Jordan is co-owner of Chart Productions Inc., and teaches voice-over acting. His main focus these days is in podcast creation and production, featuring conversations with the world’s most creative people.
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By: Sir Andrew Likierman
By: Sir Andrew Likierman
In this issue of FFI Practitioner, 2025 FFI Scholar-in-Residence Sir Andrew Likierman reviews key elements in making good judgments when consulting with a multi-general family enterprise, bring his own experience as a family enterprise members to bear.
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