The Archetype of Hero in Family Businesses

Guillermo Salazar

doi:10.24310/ejfbejfb.v12i1.14630

Authors

Guillermo Salazar EXAUDI Family Business Consulting, United States of America United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/ejfbejfb.v12i1.14630

Keywords:

Joseph Campbell's Monomyth, Hero Concept, Legacy, Transmission

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Abstract

For family business advisors and consultants, the analysis of their client’s shared narrative helps them understand their business and family dynamics and the reality they have built together. Understanding the language of family mythology and the behavior of the narrative processes, can help positively to reinforce the purpose and meaning of their legacy and its transmission. In this article readers will learn how Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth of the Hero concept fits with the founder/entrepreneur myth in a family business, and how making it conscious can be used as a coherent tool that brings true meaning and inspiration to every family member in every generation.

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