Leadership and Winning: How Sports Teams are the Model for Family Business Success

1.5 Unit

Family businesses sit at the intersection of personal identity, family dynamics, and organizational performance. Effective leadership in these environments requires more than technical skill--it demands self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and the ability to build strong teams and cultures across overlapping family and business systems. This course explores leadership in family enterprises by integrating core leadership competencies with an understanding of family systems to drive high-performing teams. Informed by the instructor's firsthand experience in multigenerational succession within a family business in the sports and entertainment industry, as well as his academic background and published work, the course blends theory with applied insight. Through case studies, assessments, and experiential exercises, students examine leadership styles, team dynamics, and culture as a long-term competitive advantage, with real-world examples from high-performing family-based organizations. Offered as ORBH 362 and ORBH 462 .