In my role as Professor and Director of the IMD Global Family Business Center, I have the privilege of working with enterprising families from around the world. My ultimate goal is to assist them in ensuring multi-generational success and unity. Many of these families either have a family office or are in the midst of establishing one. My mission is to guide them through the intricate terrains of a family office in the most effective and efficient manner. This has motivated me to create the Family Office Navigator, the second in a series of Navigator books, following the publication of the "Family Philanthropy Navigator" in 2020.I hope this book will challenge, educate, and inspire families in their family office endeavors, irrespective of whether they are novices in the realm of family offices or have accrued decades of experience. In the end, I envision the navigator evolving into a standalone tool that families and their advisors worldwide will find invaluable.
