1. Discuss the current key challenges the business is facing.
2. List the factors that, in your opinion, led Mari to sell her shares.
3. Would you have called the first family council meeting when Francisco Jr. did? Why, or
why not?
4. To what do you attribute the improvement in Valle familybusiness relationships over the
last couple of years?
5. What major issues should Francisco and the rest of the Valle family continue to address
in order to ensure the survival of the business? Select two issues and support your
selection with the facts of the case.
6. What should Francisco do to improve effective governance of the family and effective
governance of the business?
7. Discuss how the development of an Owners Plan (refer to Powerpoint lesson in pdf format) could
have prevented some of the problems the company faced.
Link to PPT lesson from #7:
You will find the pdf attached
