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1 online resource (126 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Your Family, Inc. Practical Tips for Building a Healthy Family Business; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Geometry of a Healthy Family; Tip #1: Recognize When You're Caught in a Family Triangle; Tip #2: Name Your Family's Norms; Tip #3: You May Be a ""Here-and-Now"" Kind of Guy, but Your Emotions May Be Caught in the Past; Tip #4: Sometimes Everyday Relationships Become Familiar; Tip #5: In a Family Firm, Your Father's Voice May Really Be the CEO's Voice; Tip #6: Qualify Yourself, so You Stand on Your Own Credentials |
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Tip #7: If You Plan to Work in the Family Firm, Get Out of TownTip #8: When You're in the Family Circle, Respect Its Boundaries; Tip #9: Keep Your Business Out of the Family Party; Tip #10: Consensus, Consensus, Consensus; Tip #11: Your Company Will Turn Out to Be a Triangle; Chapter 2. Know Which Hat You Are Wearing: The Business Hat or the Family Hat; Tip #12: Recognize When You're Being Asked to Respond As a Family Member and When You're Not; Tip #13: Know What's Inside Your Family Circle; Tip #14: Know What's Inside Your Business Circle |
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Tip #15: Develop Strategies to Keep the Family Firm AccountableTip #16: Business Decisions Need to Be Made for Business Reasons; Tip #17: The Priorities of the Family and the Priorities of the Business Are Opposites; Chapter 3. Ownership Has Its Privileges, and Its Hazards ... ; Tip #18: Ownership in a Family Firm Is a Job Too; Doing It Right Can Mean the Difference Between Disaster and Success; Tip #19: Before Transmitting Stock, Think It Over Twice: Would I Want This Relative Making Decisions About My Future Livelihood? |
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Tip #20: Ownership in a Family Firm Means Learning How to Build Consensus, Consensus, ConsensusTip #21: As an Owner, Take the Long View; Tip #22: The Key to Healthy Ownership of the Family Firm Is the Same As the Key to Any Significant Investment: Information, Information, Information; Tip #23: If You Build a Family Forum, They Will Come; Tip #24: Develop Criteria for Future Leadership in Advance; Tip #25: Each Generation Must Reinvent the Company Through Innovation, Innovation, Innovation; Chapter 4. Competition in the Family Firm: Sibling Rivalry |
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Tip #26: Sibling Relationships Are the Longest in Our Lives and Have Great Power Within the Family FirmTip #27: More Than 85 Percent of Family Firms Do Not Survive the Third Generation; Tip #28: Birth Order Often Defines Sibling Relationships; Tip #29: Monarchy Was Rejected by the United States, but Not by All Family Firms; Tip #30: Birth Order Outweighs Gender As a Differentiating Factor in Defining Leadership Styles; Tip #31: Develop Practical Strategies for Managing Rivalry in the Family Firm; Chapter 5. Preparing Your Daughter to Become CEO |
| Summary |
Did you know eighty-five percent of family firms do not survive the third generation? Your Family, Inc.: Practical Tips for Building a Healthy Family Business will help the busy entrepreneur lower this drastic failure rate by providing great tips and practical advice for creating a successful and pleasant environment when working in the family business. Containing unique and valuable hints for building a better business, this book uses specific examples designed for different situations. Filled with suggestions and proven advice, this important guide offers important ideas on decidin |
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Tip #32: Messages from You Will Shape Your Daughter's Dreams |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Kaslow, Florence
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Frankenberg, Ellen
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| ISBN |
9781317971399 |
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1317971396 |
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