It is an oft-repeated phrase that you should never mix business with pleasure. This idiom is extended to include doing business with friends and family and it is held to be as true as never talking about religion and politics with people whom you wish to remain friends. But the truth is, family businesses are […]
Family Business Articles, Tips and Advice
Family businesses have unique characteristics that can either drive success or create discord. Our goal is to help every family-owned company get on, and stay on the path to success.
7 Steps To Effective Goal Setting in your Family Business
“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.” – Sir Edmund Hillary, first climber to successfully summit Mt. Everest To effectively manage a family business you need to know how to set goals. Goals can […]
Overcoming Performance Stress in the Family Business
Performance stress is one of the most common sources of stress in the workplace. Many companies constantly hold their employees to a given set of standards. The amount of pressure to meet or exceed these company standards can lead one to question his or her abilities on a given task. There’s always this feeling of […]
Is Your Family Business Infected with Bad Attitudes? Part 2: Selecting the right training program.
This is part 2 of this post. If you missed the first post, click here. Overcoming the first obstacle in defeating bad attitudes in your family business – is naming the training program. When you want to change a family member’s attitude through training, name the course so they will be excited and inspired to […]
Is Your Family Business Infected with Bad Attitudes? Part 1
Is your brothers grudging acceptance of management decisions causing productivity to slow? Understanding the power of attitudes training in your small business could solve this problem. Let’s take a look back to the turn of the century. Employees learned to check their brains at the door if they wanted to advance at work. They were […]
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