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Andrew Keyt
Founder and CEO of Generation6
Andrew Keyt brings over 25 years of professional family business consulting experience and is an internationally known business strategist and succession planning expert.
Prior to founding Generation6, Andrew was the President and Founder of Keyt Consulting, a private firm that assists family enterprises with succession and strategic planning, dealing with family conflict and communication, working with adult sibling and cousin teams, and executing emergency management transitions. He was worked extensively with some of the largest enterprising families in the United States.
Andrew served as the Clinical Professor in Family Business and Executive Director of the Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center for over 20 years. In addition, he led the Family Business Network – United States (FBN-USA), the leading network for business-owning families worldwide, as President and member of the board between 1998 and 2020.
Session
From Silence to Strength: Understanding the impact of Mental Health on Ownership Unity and Family Cohesion
Small Group Discussion
Research has shown that ownership unity and family cohesion is essential to the longevity of family enterprises. The very real challenges of building and running a family business on a day to day basis create unique stressors on the mental health of the family and the individual family members, yet pressures of society and maintaining our family image make talking about mental health challenges a taboo.
This session will explore why there is such a stigma around talking about issues of mental health (such as anxiety/depression, substance abuse, dementia, narcissism and more), how avoiding these issues can create stress and fracturing in ownership unity, and what families can do to move from silence and ignoring the importance of mental health, to being proactive and cultivating a culture of love and support that sustains the individual and mental health of the family. This presentation/discussion will be based on a year long exploration of this topic lead by the moderator.