Dirty Little Secrets Of Family Business

Hutcheson, Henry

Austin, Texas : Greenleaf Book Group Press

If approximately 70 percent of all businesses are family businesses, and two out of three don't survive to the next generation, what can you do to make sure your business will survive and thrive? Dirty Little Secrets of Family Business comes clean with much-needed info on nitty-gritty issues, such as entitlement, letting employees (even family members) go when they just aren't working out, compensation, including your kids in the business (when to bring them in, help them move up, and prep them to take over), shareholder agreements, selecting the next leader, deciding whether to keep the business or sell it, exit strategies for outgoing leaders, money matters, succession planning, communication, conflict resolution, establishing an effective board, and transitioning to the next generation. Readers can apply the numerous ideas and tips in this engaging guide to address any family business situation. Written for current and next-generation owners and utilizing multiple, firsthand stories of family business dos and don'ts, Dirty Little Secrets of Family Business gives you the top success strategies that you can use to build a better functioning family business. Acknowledging that every family is unique and a cookie-cutter approach is not the answer, experienced family business consultant Henry Hutcheson presents a deeper look at the underlying mechanics of what makes a family business work.

Dirty Little Secrets of Family Business: Ensuring Success from One Generation to the Next

Parenting & Relationships

Greenleaf Book Group, LLC

Most family businesses fail to transition to the next generation due to a lack of next-generation preparedness, current generation unwillingness to step back, poor communication, and outright conflict. 
Henry Hutcheson, coming from two prominent family businesses, founded Family Business USA specifically to help family businesses successfully transition their family business and improve family harmony. Dirty Little Secrets to Family Business is a guide to understanding the complex dynamics of family businesses to resolve the family and business issues inherent in them. 
Henry has an MBA in Management from Columbia Business School, studied psychology in Switzerland, is a Certified Management Consultant and has a certificate from the Harvard Negotiations Program. He was a family business columnist for three newspapers, is a Newsweek Expert, and has been quoted in Forbes, Fortune, and the WSJ. 
Henry has helped hundreds of family businesses successfully cope with succession.

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

River Grove Books

[ Dirty Little Secrets of Family Business BY Hutcheson, Henry ( Author ) ] Paperback 2014

Dirty Little Secrets of Family Business

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