Family Enterprise
Quotient
A clear, structured look at where your family enterprise stands and whether the people who own it, lead it, and run it are aligned.
Most family enterprises don't fail on paper.
The org chart looks fine. The succession plan exists. The values are framed on the wall. And yet decisions stall, hard conversations get avoided, and the owners, the family, and the operators become misaligned.
The FEQ exists because the things that actually determine whether a family enterprise endures rarely get measured. We built a way to measure them.
It analyzes if the structures are sufficient, whether they're trusted and lived, and if there is misalignment. It measures where your family enterprise has real momentum and any places where it might be stuck.
Built by Aven Advisors.
The FEQ was designed by Aven Advisors, a firm that has spent years inside family enterprises. The assessment reflects what matters in building a healthy company: trust, alignment, and momentum.
Same questions.
Three vantage points.
The FEQ asks the people who own the enterprise, the family that leads it, and the people who run it a similar set of questions. Each group answers independently. We're looking at three things:
Structure
Whether the architecture to endure actually exists: clear governance, defined decision rights, a real succession plan, leadership development, and values that are named and practiced.
Trust
Whether the structure is alive, if people are invested in it, if hard conversations happen, and if the company culture drives actual behaviors.
Alignment
Whether the people who own the enterprise, the family that leads it, and the people who run it see the same reality. The gaps between the three groups are usually where the real work is.
How it works
The diagnostic
All three groups take the assessment. Each answers questions from their own vantage point. It captures where things stand today.
We turn the responses into a clear diagnostic: where the structures are lacking, where the three groups are misaligned, and where momentum is stalled.
What we find
What we'd do about it
A clear recommendation for what to strengthen first, and why.
Common questions
Anyone with a real stake in where the enterprise is headed: owners, family council members, and the senior people who run the business day to day. The more active voices in the mix, the more useful the diagnostic.
Each person’s assessment takes about 20 minutes.
Yes. Individual responses stay private. We report patterns across groups, never who said what.
A clear summary on where your structures are real, where they’re trusted, where there is divergence. We recommend what to strengthen first, and why. We help you align on the appropriate next steps.