Quentin J. Fleming

Keep the Family Baggage Out of the Family Business

Avoiding the Seven Deadly Sins That Destroy Family Businesses

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Family businesses epitomize the best of the American Dream: you work hard, you're your own boss, you leave a lasting legacy to your children -- or do you? Statistics show that only 30% of family businesses survive to the second generation, and a paltry 10% survive to the third generation. Family businesses are in trouble, and their survival is crucial to us all. Their success ensures our country's success -- and their failure can drastically affect our economic health. In Keep the Family Baggage Out of the Family Business, family business expert Quentin Fleming has identified the Seven Deadly Sins that are invariably responsible for a family business's demise. Keep the Family Baggage Out of the Family Business presents practical and accessible advice geared toward the average family business owner or employee and is an invaluable tool for helping family businesses not only survive but thrive.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fireside
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780684856049
• ISBN-10: 0684856042
• Artikelnr.: 21342788

Autorenporträt

Quentin J. Fleming is a management consultant with more than a decade of consulting experience. He has worked with a wide variety of clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small entrepreneurial firms. He lives in Los Angeles, California, and can be contacted at FamilyBaggage.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Part I
What's Causing This Mess?: The Family System, the Business System, and the
Accompanying Baggage
1. Why You Need to Read This Book
2. Systems and Baggage
3. When Worlds Collide: The Family System Meets the Business System
Part II
We Have Seen the Enemy, and He Is Us: The Seven Deadly Sins That Destroy
Family Businesses
4. "It's the Same Old Song"
5. "We're One Big, Happy Family"
6. "They May Have Become Adults, but They'll Always Be My Children"
7. "You're Not Loyal to This Family If You Insist on Being Selfish"
8. Father Knows Best?
9. "Maybe It Will Go Away If We Ignore It"
10. "Tell Me About Your Childhood"
Part III
Succession: A Battleground unto Itself
11. Certain Problems Are Inherent to Succession
12. The Baggage Returns in Time for Succession
13. Evolutionary Versus Revolutionary Succession
14. Successful Succession
Part IV
It Comes with the Territory: Other Problems Inherent in Family Businesses
15. They've Stayed Too Long at the Fair: Long-Tenured Managers and
Employees
16. Interlopers, Consorts, and Other Undesirable Meddlers
17. Baggage du Jour
18. The American Dream Versus the Family Nightmare
Part V
All Is Not Lost: Recommendations and Solutions
19. Create a Council of Advisors
20. Create a Strong Team to Run the Company
21. Develop a Strong Team
22. The Right Consultant Is Critical to Your Success
23. Additional Sources of Expertise
24. Put It in Writing
25. Final Thoughts