Dana Telford
telford@thefbcg.com
P: 435-313-4433
Areas of Expertise
- Succession & Continuity Planning
- Governance
- Family Constitutions
- Shareholder Alignment
- Competitive Strategy
- Communication & Conflict Management
Resources
- Getting on the Same Page: How a Constitution Can Benefit Your Family Enterprise
- This is FBCG: Our Unique Approach
- The Five Fundamental Building Blocks of Strong Family Businesses
- Stay Focused on the Fundamentals: The Five Building Blocks of Strong Family Businesses
- Looking at Family Business Trends with 2020 Vision
- The Family Constitution: A Foundation for Family Alignment
- From Partners by Chance to Partners by Choice: Building Trust-based Partnerships with Siblings and Cousins
- From Partners by Chance to Partners by Choice: The 7 Cs of Trust-based Partnerships
- “That’s Not Fair!” Creating Compensation and Employment Policies
- Emotional Ownership
Dana Telford
Dana Telford is a principal consultant, owner, and board member of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. He has 25+ years of experience guiding family business owners and family office leaders as they navigate the complexities and opportunities that are inherent to influential business families. His specialties include succession planning, governance, developing family constitutions, shareholder alignment, and conflict management.
Dana has worked with more than 300 families on 6 continents in more than 30 countries, including Switzerland, Brazil, India, UAE, and Indonesia. His expertise spans a wide array of industries, including agriculture, automotive, construction, real estate, financial services, restaurants, hospitality, and home furnishings, among others. His current and former clients include self-made billionaires, a royal family, heads of state, owners of professional sports teams, and leaders of Fortune 500 companies.
He is an acclaimed, best-selling author and has been a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School and other distinguished universities. As a trusted advisor and strategist, Dana has been featured on numerous television and radio shows.
Dana resides with his family in Los Angeles and is a third-generation managing member of a commercial real estate firm.
Education
- MBA, Harvard University
- BA, Phi Beta Kappa, University of Utah