Lansberg Gersick Advisors

What Lansberg Gersick Advisors does

Lansberg Gersick Advisors (LGA) is a global professional services firm that provides advisory, education, and research services to multi-generational family enterprises. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Branford, Connecticut, LGA serves three primary client segments — family businesses, family offices, and family foundations — with the goal of supporting continuity of entrepreneurial legacies across generations. The firm's service portfolio spans the Continuity Audit (a signature diagnostic), Continuity Workshops, Succession Planning, Governance Assessment, Board Development, Family Council Development, Wealth Utilization, Family Philanthropy, and Risk & Crisis Management, complemented by Owner Development Programs, experiential Simulations, On-Campus Programs at Kellogg and Harvard, and Online Education.

LGA's intellectual property is centered on proprietary conceptual and methodological frameworks rather than software products. The Three-Circle Model — mapping the overlapping subsystems of Family, Business, and Ownership — was developed by co-founders Ivan Lansberg and Kelin Gersick and has become a standard reference framework in the family enterprise field. Complementary proprietary assets include the Continuity Audit diagnostic, the Family Enterprise Risk Management (FERM) framework, and experiential simulation methodologies. The firm produces thought leadership through the LGA Lighthouse podcast, LGA Insights and LGA Quarterly newsletters, original research (notably a multi-year study with the National Center for Family Philanthropy), and books including "The Enduring Enterprise" (Hachette, 2024) co-authored by Managing Partner Devin DeCiantis.

LGA generates revenue through custom advisory engagements and fee-based educational programs delivered by a globally distributed team of 11–50 senior advisors and partners. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; each engagement is bespoke and scoped per client. Go-to-market relies on a thought-leadership content engine, academic credibility through faculty positions at Kellogg School of Management and Harvard, and direct referrals from a global network of enterprising families and trusted advisors spanning North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Europe. The firm is privately held, founder-controlled, and operates without external institutional investment.

Name

Lansberg Gersick Advisors

Legal name

Lansberg Gersick Advisors

Website

https://lga.global

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lansberg Gersick Advisors is a global professional services firm that provides advisory, education, and research services to multi-generational family enterprises, including family businesses, family offices, and family foundations across the Americas, Asia Pacific, and beyond.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Family Enterprise Advisory

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Business & Succession Advisory (FSAAADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family Office Advisory (Single/Multi-Family) (FSAEAAAI), Family Wealth & Multi-Generational Planning RIAs (HNW/UHNW-lite) (FSAAACAH)

Keywords

• Family enterprise advisory
• Governance consulting
• Succession planning
• Family office consulting
• Wealth continuity advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Branford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Advisory & Consulting Services: LGA generates revenue through custom advisory engagements with enterprising families, family offices, and family foundations. Engagements include the Continuity Audit (signature diagnostic), Continuity Workshops, Succession Planning, Governance Assessment, Board Development, Family Council Development, Wealth Utilization, Family Philanthropy, and Risk & Crisis Management services. Each engagement is tailored to the client's unique situation and delivered by senior advisors.
2. Education Programs: LGA offers fee-based educational programming including Owner Development Programs, On-Campus Programs at Kellogg School of Management and Harvard Kennedy School, Simulations, and Online Education. Programs are delivered as workshops, seminars, experiential sessions, and multi-year curricula.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Lansberg Gersick Advisors (LGA) provides custom advisory engagements, educational programs, and research to enterprising families, family offices, and family foundations. Its flagship offering is the Continuity Audit diagnostic paired with tailored advisory services covering governance, succession planning, owner development, risk and crisis management, and family philanthropy. LGA also delivers fee-based executive education through Owner Development Programs, simulations, and on-campus programs at Kellogg and Harvard.

Product overview

Lansberg Gersick Advisors (LGA) is a global family enterprise advisory firm that offers a comprehensive suite of advisory, education, and research services designed to support the continuity of family enterprises across generations. The core offering consists of the Continuity Audit (signature diagnostic tool) paired with Continuity Workshop and broader Continuity Services. These are complemented by education programs including the Owner Development Program, Online Education, Simulations, and On-Campus Programs at top universities. LGA also produces thought leadership through its Research division, LGA Lighthouse Podcast, and LGA Insights Newsletter. Advisory services span Succession Planning and Risk & Crisis Management. Together, these services address the interconnected needs of family businesses, family offices, and family foundations across the Business, Ownership, and Family subsystems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LGA Lighthouse: LGA's podcast series featuring expert advice and actionable insights to support the continuity of enterprising families around the world.
• LGA Insights
• LGA Quarterly
• LGA Lighthouse Español

Products and services

• Continuity Audit LGA's signature diagnostic tool providing a comprehensive analysis of a family enterprise system across Business, Ownership, and Family subsystems, with a customized roadmap for multi-generational success.
• Continuity Workshop A tailored workshop experience designed to address specific continuity challenges and opportunities for family enterprises.
• Continuity Services Comprehensive suite of advisory services including the Continuity Audit and individual services for family foundations, family businesses, and family offices.
• Succession Planning Services enabling effective leadership transition including exploring strategic needs, data-driven leadership selection, development programs for rising-generation leaders, and planning meaningful roles for departing leaders.
• Risk & Crisis Management Family Enterprise Risk Management (FERM) framework services including risk identification, assessment of risk appetite and capacity, and development of strategic guidelines for boards and leadership teams.
• Owner Development Program Range of workshops, seminars, and experiential opportunities designed to develop owners across four types (Engaged, Governing, Leading, Operating) and five core competencies (contextual intelligence, business acumen, governance, interpersonal skills, values & ethics). Can be institutionalized as a Family Academy.
• Simulations Hands-on experiential learning exercises where small teams navigate multiple time-sensitive scenarios with no straightforward answers, forcing difficult trade-offs and collective decision-making under uncertainty, followed by debrief sessions.
• On-Campus Programs Executive education programs delivered at universities including Kellogg School of Management and Harvard, covering Family Enterprise Governance, Governing Family Enterprises, Family Enterprise Boards, and Family Business in Theory and Practice.
• Online Education Digital learning resources and frameworks designed to help families connect across generations.
• Research LGA's research division develops concepts that support enterprising families' decision-making, including the multi-year study 'Philanthropy in Complex, Multi-Generational Families' produced with the National Center for Family Philanthropy.
• LGA Lighthouse Podcast Expert advice and actionable insights podcast supporting the continuity of enterprising families, featuring interviews with thought leaders and practitioners. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music.
• LGA Insights Newsletter Quarterly newsletter exploring topics related to family enterprise continuity, featuring articles from LGA advisors and thought leaders.

Quantifiable outcome

• LGA's research with NCFP found that families with collaborative family foundations report higher levels of family cohesion, effective governance, and impact on communities served, along with lower levels of tension between individuals and branches.
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Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018LGA partnered with the National Center for Family Philanthropy to conduct a multi-year research study on the evolution of twenty multi-generational, multi-vehicle family philanthropy systems. The research involved 82 interviews and 58 survey respondents from 2018-2022. Findings were published as 'Philanthropy in Complex, Multi-Generational Families' with an executive summary, full report, and companion guide available on both LGA and NCFP websites. LGA Partners Ashley Blanchard and Wendy Ulaszek co-authored the research.
• Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLGA advisors serve as faculty and frequent lecturers at Kellogg's John L. Ward Center for Family Enterprises. Programs co-developed and delivered include 'Forming Family Enterprise Governance,' 'Governing Family Enterprises,' and 'Family Enterprise Boards.' Ivan Lansberg, Devin DeCiantis, and Chris Robichaud serve as faculty for these executive education programs.
• Harvard Kennedy School of GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLGA advisor Christopher Robichaud serves as Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and Director of Pedagogy and Civil Discourse at Harvard's Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics. He co-teaches 'Leadership and Character in Uncertain Times' at the school. Ivan Lansberg and Devin DeCiantis deliver programming at Harvard University including 'Family Business in Theory and Practice.'
• Harvard UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBeyond the Kennedy School, LGA advisors have a presence at Harvard University broadly. Devin DeCiantis lectures on 'Family Business in Theory and Practice' at Harvard, and Chris Robichaud's academic work is affiliated with Harvard's Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics.
• ESE Business School (Latin America)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLGA co-founded and co-directs a family-governance program in partnership with ESE Business School for Latin American enterprising families, delivered annually in New York. Fernanda Jaramillo is the co-founder and co-director of this program.
• Family Firm Institute (FFI) Asian CircleminorOthersLGA advisor Kimberly Go serves as Vice Chair and Publications Subcommittee Lead of the Family Firm Institute (FFI) Asian Circle, a group of 60+ practitioners advising Asian family enterprises. LGA works with advisors and academics to develop thought leadership on family governance in Asia.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cambridge Family Enterprise Group: Boutique advisory firm specializing in multi-generational family enterprise continuity, governance, and succession — the closest direct competitor to LGA in scope and methodology, founded by family-enterprise scholars including John Davis.
• Relative Group: Boutique consultancy focused on family business continuity, succession planning, and leadership development — closely overlapping LGA's core advisory offerings for multi-generational enterprise families.
• Tiger 21: Peer-learning organization for high-net-worth investors, often working with families and family offices on wealth stewardship, governance, and next-generation engagement — comparable end audience to LGA with a peer-group rather than consulting delivery model.
• The Family Business Consulting Group (FBCG / BDO Family Business Services): Long-standing family business advisory firm (now part of BDO) serving enterprising families on succession, governance, and next-generation development — a like-sized direct competitor offering similar custom advisory work.
• JMW Consultants: Advisory firm serving family enterprises on strategic planning, ownership transition, and family governance — comparable boutique advisory offering targeting the same enterprising-family client segment.

Broad incumbents

• PwC Family Business: PwC's family business advisory practice covering succession planning, governance, and family-office services — comparable end services to LGA delivered within a global audit-and-advisory firm context.
• EY-Parthenon (EY Family Business): Global Big Four firm with a dedicated family business and family enterprise practice offering succession, governance, and next-generation services — overlapping with LGA but as part of a broader advisory portfolio serving larger enterprise-family clients.
• KPMG Private Enterprise: Global Big Four practice focused on private and family businesses with succession, governance, and family-office advisory services — overlapping capability set, delivered by a much larger institutional brand.
• Bessemer Trust: Multi-family office serving ultra-wealthy families with investment management, family-office, governance, and next-generation education services — comparable HNW family clientele with a broader, productized service set than LGA.

Others

• Family Firm Institute (FFI): Global professional association for family-enterprise advisors providing education, certification, and networks — not a direct competitor but a closely linked ecosystem organization of which LGA advisors are active members (e.g., FFI Asian Circle).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles25 records

Funding overview

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