FEL 205 – ADVANCED MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILY ENTERPRISE DESIGN

ADVANCED MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILY ENTERPRISE DESIGN

A synthesis course focusing on culture building, tradition preservation, ethical leadership, storytelling, values formation, and spiritual continuity across generations. Students design a Legacy Continuity Playbook for a simulated or real family

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This capstone-level course equips students to design, evaluate, and implement a complete multigenerational family enterprise architecture, integrating:

• Governance
• Family culture
• Leadership development
• Wealth stewardship
• Strategic planning
• Family enterprise continuity

Students will produce a Comprehensive Generational Enterprise Master Plan that can be adapted to real families or family-owned businesses.

This is the highest-level course in the FEL track and prepares students for:

• Leadership in multigenerational Christian families
• Governance roles in Family Councils, Boards, Family Offices, and Foundations
• Future certification pathways (Prestige Managing Director, Advisor, Facilitator)
• Eligibility for Aidan University transfer credit toward degree programs

COURSE PURPOSE

To integrate all PFU Leadership School competencies into a single, actionable family enterprise blueprint that advances:

• Generational unity
• Stewardship of wealth, wisdom, and influence
• Strategic leadership development
• Christian worldview and spiritual continuity
• Succession readiness
• Family business governance
• Legacy preservation
• Multi-decade continuity of purpose

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

1. Design a complete multigenerational enterprise framework

Including:

• Vision & mission
• Values & culture
• Governance structures
• Leadership succession
• Family Office role definition
• Wealth continuity systems

2. Produce diagnostic assessments for families

Including:

• Culture health
• Governance readiness
• Leadership maturity
• Conflict patterns
• Spiritual formation health

3. Create multi-decade continuity plans

Students will design:

• 10-year, 25-year, and 50-year enterprise timelines
• Leadership pipelines
• Successor development plans
• Elder transition protocols

4. Apply Christian stewardship philosophy to family enterprise design

Integrating:

• Biblical leadership principles
• Faith continuity
• Generosity and service
• Spiritual maturity mapping

5. Build a customized Generational Enterprise Master Plan (GEMP)

This includes:

• Governance Charter
• Leadership Roadmap
• Family Constitution
• Family Formation System
• Wealth Stewardship Plan
• Philanthropy & Impact Strategy

6. Demonstrate mastery through a final oral defense

Students must present their GEMP to instructors (and optionally a panel) and defend design decisions.

Course Instructor

George Brown PhD Author