Cuando el fundador y el sucesor trabajan en un estado de flow, la empresa familiar deja de ser solo un negocio y se convierte en un legado vivo que crece con cada desafío.
In family businesses, the real challenge is not only to maintain the business, but to convey the essence that made it successful. Beyond numbers and structures, there is an invisible art that connects generations: the art of flowing.
The concept of flow
Mihaly CSIKSZentmihalyi, in his work
For the founder of a family business, this state is achieved when their experience, vision and passion are aligned with the daily challenges of the business. At that time, directing the company ceases to be a burden to become a continuous creation, such as a painter in front of its canvas or a musician immersed in a piece that dominates perfectly.
From the founder to the successor: the transfer of the flow
One of the biggest challenges of succession is not only to transmit actions, positions or strategies, but also teach the next generation to find their own flow.
If the founder acts only from control and routine, the successor inherits soulless procedures. But if it transmits passion to solve problems, clarity in the objectives and the satisfaction of seeing its people grow up, the successor will have the tools to experience that total immersion in business work.
Keys to integrate the Flow into the family business
1) Clarity in the purpose: define not only what you want to achieve, but also why and for whom.
2) Proportional challenges: assign challenges that are at the height of the leader’s skills and that allow growing without drowning.
3) Constant feedback: Recognize advances and adjust the course without breaking the pace of work.
4) Creativity spaces: Leave room to propose, experiment and create new solutions.
5) Teach with the example: the founder must show how work can be enjoyed while excellence is achieved.
Benefits for family legacy
When a leader lives in Flow, the company spreads energy and direction. This reduces tensions, increases productivity and strengthens people’s commitment. Besides:
1) Improves decision making: Being immersed in the purpose, the leader makes more accurate and aligned decisions with family values.
2) Strengthens family identity: the flow allows the business to reflect the essence of the family, creating a narrative that unites generations.
3) Facilitates the adaptation to change: a leader in Flow is more open to innovate and evolve without losing course.
4) Promotes integral well -being: work ceases to be a source of stress and becomes a rewarding experience that positively impacts personal life.
Happiness and high performance are not born from pressure or excessive control, but of the balance between challenge and capacity. In that balance, founder and successor find the flow that promotes continuity and innovation.
‘When the founder flows, he turns his work into art; When the successor learns to flow, he ensures that art continues.‘
Paradoxes
1) Who seeks to control every detail, ends up losing control of the most valuable: the passion for the purpose.
2) excess security drowns creativity; The well -managed uncertainty awakens the flow.
3) In the family business, work with effort without enjoying tired; Working with Flow multiplies energy.
Reflections
– The flow is not improvisation; It requires clarity of goals, developed skills and challenges that are worth it.
– When the founder invites the successor to enter challenging projects, he opens the door to his own state of flow and, with it, to a more authentic leadership.
– The most sustainable family businesses are those where leaders find satisfaction on the road, not only in the goal.
– Integrating the concept of Flow into family business culture is to cultivate a space where innovation, commitment and happiness are part of the business DNA.
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