Family Meetings: How to Build a Stronger Family and a Stronger Business (A Family Business Publication)

Regular meetings help build a strong family. And a strong family has a much better chance at long term success. In Family Meetings, authors Aronoff and Ward show that holding regular meetings is one of most important ways of ensuring less conflict and more collaboration.

Family Meetings demonstrates the value of family meetings and how to effectively use family meetings to achieve family and business milestones. In its information-packed pages you'll learn ten benefits of effective family meetings; how to use family meetings to plan for future ownership and participation in the family business; how to use family meetings to preserve family traditions and history and to recognize and resolve conflicts; the key questions to be dealt with at family meetings; how to organize and run effective family meetings; how family meetings change as the business evolves; how to separate family issues from business issues; how to use rituals and ceremonies for bonding and recognition.

Front Matter....Pages i-1 Introduction....Pages 3-4 The Value of Family Meetings....Pages 5-6 Unfounded Fears....Pages 7-15 Ten Benefits of Effective Family Meetings....Pages 17-37 How to Hold Effective Meetings....Pages 39-69 Some Milestones Reached through Family Meetings....Pages 71-83 Summary....Pages 85-86 Back Matter....Pages 87-91 Cover 1 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 TABLES AND EXHIBITS 7 1 Introduction 10 2 The Value of Family Meetings 12 3 Unfounded Fears 14 4 Ten Benefits of Effective Family Meetings 23 5 How to Hold Effective Meetings 44 6 Some Milestones Reached through Family Meetings 75 7 Summary 88 INDEX 90 THE AUTHORS 93 'Family Meetings' offers practical guidelines for family businesses that need to work through issues typically avoided during the business day. Providing clear and concise tools, it addresses family dynamics bringing back to the table, trust, respect, and communication