The Family Council Handbook: How to Create, Run, and Maintain a Successful Family Business Council (A Family Business Publication)

A Family Council oversees a family on everything from educating the family for their future responsibilities as owners, to settling disputes within the family. With this in mind, this practical manual will guide business families on how to manage how their family governs itself and relates to their business. Front Matter ....Pages I-XVIII Family Organization and Governance for Sustaining the Family Business: A Field Manual (Christopher J. Eckrich, Stephen L. McClure)....Pages 1-7 Reasons for Starting or Resisting a Family Council (Christopher J. Eckrich, Stephen L. McClure)....Pages 9-18 Stages of Family Businesses and Types of Family Councils (Christopher J. Eckrich, Stephen L. McClure)....Pages 19-35 How to Start and Organize a Family Council (Christopher J. Eckrich, Stephen L. McClure)....Pages 37-75 Running the Family Council (Christopher J. Eckrich, Stephen L. McClure)....Pages 77-125 Committees of the Family Council (Christopher J. Eckrich, Stephen L. McClure)....Pages 127-150 The Family Assembly and the Family Association (Christopher J. Eckrich, Stephen L. McClure)....Pages 151-205 Special Family Governance Structures: Owners Councils and Executive Committees (Christopher J. Eckrich, Stephen L. McClure)....Pages 207-217 Family Leadership (Christopher J. Eckrich, Stephen L. McClure)....Pages 219-243 Using a Professional Facilitator (Christopher J. Eckrich, Stephen L. McClure)....Pages 245-259 Transitions in the Family Council (Christopher J. Eckrich, Stephen L. McClure)....Pages 261-275 Connecting the Family Council with the Board and the Business (Christopher J. Eckrich, Stephen L. McClure)....Pages 277-302 Family Communications (Christopher J. Eckrich, Stephen L. McClure)....Pages 303-317 The Journey Forward (Christopher J. Eckrich, Stephen L. McClure)....Pages 319-322 Back Matter ....Pages 323-370 Les entreprises familiales évoquent pour beaucoup la crainte de dissensions internes ou de velléités népotistes (qui se soldent souvent par la promotion professionnelle de proches incompétents) ainsi que la désorganisation. Pourtant, selon Christopher J. Eckrich et Stephen L. McClure, tous deux consultants spécialisés dans les entreprises familiales, la gestion de ces dernières ne devrait en aucun cas tourner au mélodrame. Bien au contraire, un grand nombre d'entreprises familiales sont plus performantes que les entreprises publiques, car la loyauté et l'engagement dont font preuve les membres d'une même famille envers leur entreprise sont rarement égalés au sein d'autres types d'établissements. Eckrich et McClure s'efforcent de promouvoir le concept de 'Conseil de famille', censé aider à entretenir de bonnes relations familiales et commerciales. Ils suggèrent, bien plus souvent qu'il ne le faut et avec force détails superflus, les mesures à prendre pour créer votre propre Conseil de famille. getAbstract recommande cette méthode pragmatique (qui goûte peu à l'esclandre) de gestion d'une entreprise familiale Just as a Board of Directors is a governance structure for shareholders, a Family Council oversees a family on everything from educating the family for their future responsibilities as owners to settling disputes within the family. Using the common term family council to refer to family governance, the book will be a practical manual for all business families seeking structure to manage how their family governs itself and relates to their business. The book will answer several basic questions: 1. What are the forms of structured family governance? 2. What purpose is served, and disasters avo