Insights – News & Thought Leadership

Timely perspectives, expert commentary, and strategic insights on the issues shaping leadership, governance, and ownership.

  • Access the recording: Leadership Risk in Private Equity

    News from AvS Advisors

  • Webinar on Leadership Risk in Private Equity

    News from AvS Advisors

  • Leadership Briefing with General Stan McChrystal

    News from AvS Advisors

  • Virtual Roundtable Synopsis: How Family Businesses Navigate Global Issues

    News from AvS Advisors

  • Why half of FTSE boards may be only ‘mediocre’ beyond their coremandate

    What Boards Do Next 2026

  • Andreas von Specht on The Better Boards Podcast

    News from AvS Advisors

  • Andreas von Specht as Guest Speaker at the 36th EBS Symposium

    News from AvS Advisors

  • Frederik Otto as panelist at the Board Impact Forum webinar

    News from AvS Advisors

  • Frederik Otto to advise Chairs, CEOs, and their leadership teams on preparing boards for uncertain futures

    News from AvS Advisors

  • AvS Advisors: B Corp Certification Reinforces Commitment to Sustainability

    AvS Advisors is now a Certified B Corporation!

  • Webinar: The Art in Governing Family Businesses

    News from AvS Advisors

  • Dr. Alexander Koeberle-Schmid has joined our team of Senior Advisors

    News from AvS Advisors

  • Andreas von Specht was featured in the PWC podcast ‘Up Next For Your Private Business’

    News from AvS Advisors

  • © Project A Knowledge Conference 2021

    Christian-Bühring Uhle participates in the 2021 Project A Knowledge Conference

    News from AvS Advisors

  • Helene Grimm to advise international start-ups and family businesses on leadership and ‘Next Generation’ projects

    New top-level addition at AvS Advisors

  • The Global Issues Corporate Boards Must Face Right Now

    by Frederik Otto & Dr Christian Bühring-Uhle | The Columbia Law School’s Blue Sky Blog | www.clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu

  • The World’s Top Family Enterprise Advisors

    Family Capital | www.famcap.com

  • What Will the Profiles of Successful Family Offices Be in the Future?

    Family Capital | www.famcap.com

  • New Priorities: ESG and Sustainability for Family Businesses

    Tharawat Magazine | www.tharawat-magazine.com

  • The External Top Manager at a Family Business Is More Important Than Ever

    Family Capital | www.famcap.com

  • How to Add Digital Competencies on Board Level

    AvS – International Trusted Advisors / Courage Partners / Ommax – Digital Solutions

  • Webinar: Successful External Succession in Family Businesses

    Webinar | AvS – International Trusted Advisors / INSEAD / PwC

  • The Top 100 Family Influencers – Executive Search

    Family Capital | www.famcap.com

  • Looking into the Eye of the Storm: How Family Businesses Are Coping with the Crisis – A Survey of Owners and CEOs

    Tharawat Magazine | www.tharawat-magazine.com

  • Complete Unpredictability: Family Enterprises and the Pandemic

    Family Capital | www.famcap.com

  • The Challenges and Opportunities of Integrating Non-Family Executives in the Family Business

    Tharawat Magazine | www.tharawat-magazine.com

  • Study: External Managers in Family Businesses

    AvS – International Trusted Advisors | EY

  • A Practitioner Perspective on Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Family Business

    INSEAD – Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise | http://centres.insead.edu/family-enterprise

  • EY – Global Family Business Summit 2016

    EY Global Familiy Business Center of Excellence | http://familybusiness.ey.com

  • Adidas Investors Push for External Chief to Replace Hainer

    by Aaron Ricadela | Bloomberg L.P. & Chicago Tribune | www.bloomberg.com & www.chicagotribune.com

  • Leadership in a New Era

    Why the Mittelstand Needs Pioneering Leadership Now

    by Eva Schulz-Kamm

  • A well composed Board is a necessity, but not sufficient

    What Defines a Truly Professional Board

    by Dr. Christian Buehring-Uhle & Dr. David Hoeflmayr

  • Strengthening Scaleups: The Role of an Effective Board

    What it takes to create one and what can be learned from family businesses

    by Helene Renoul-Grimm

  • The Chair of the Advisory Board in Family Businesses

    Conductor, Bridge Builder and Tone Setter

    by Andreas von Specht

  • Why Family Councils Matter for Long-Term Success in Family Business

    An Interview with Cristina Carvajal, Chair of the Carvajal Family Council

    by Dr. Christian Bühring-Uhle & Alexandra Jequier

  • Navigating the Future of Family Offices: Strategic Hubs for Families

    An Interview with Peter Vogel, Professor at IMD Business School and Director of the IMD Global Family Business Center

    by Alexandra Jequier & Nick Harris

  • Assessing the Potential of your Leadership Team – as a Catalyst for Transformation

    How Management Potential Analysis enables transformation in Family Businesses

    by Andreas von Specht & Susanne Lang

  • Why Silence Is Not an Option for CEOs

    Leadership with Purpose: A Call to Social Responsibility

    by Andreas von Specht

  • Championing Sustainability from the Boardroom to the Bottom Line

    In Conversation with Lorna Davis: Lessons from a Sustainability Pioneer

    by Alexandra Jequier & Andreas von Specht

  • Doing well and doing good as a privately-owned organization

    The journey of AvS Advisors becoming a certified B Corp

    by Andreas von Specht

  • Longevity: On “The Culture of Interruption”

    An interview with Leonard Wilhelmi, Managing Partner of the Buchinger Wilhelmi Fasting Clinic

    by Cornelia Sengpiel

  • The evolving landscape of Family Offices around the world

    What will the profiles of successful Family Officers look like in the future?

    by Andreas von Specht

  • The dichotomy between real and perceived sustainability

    by Philipp Fleischmann

  • Reshaping the Family Business in a Changing World

    An Interview with Jonny Wates, Owner of the Wates Group (UK) and Social Impact Entrepreneur

    by Alexandra Jequier

  • Is the backbone of our economy at risk?

    Why trust in family businesses is eroding – and what is needed to reverse the trend

    by Andreas von Specht