Tag: succession planning
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Top 5 traits family business should want for the next generation
Resilience and self-reliance Life brings many challenges. One of the greatest assets a person can have is the ability to handle adversity. At the beginning of most family business stories is a story of…
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Parents: Don’t let style differences implode your succession
In case you haven’t noticed, we are all wired with different behavioral styles! Look around and you’ll see it: fast and decisive, slow and methodical, spontaneous (and lacking accountability), and consistent and conservative. See…
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Ignoring poor performers in the family business can ruin your team
Ignoring poor performance can do serious harm, not only to your team, but to the player who is under performing. In the family business setting, it can often feel like you have to tell…
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Use 1 sentence to strengthen/repair family relationships this weekend
The most successful family businesses I work with have strong, healthy relationships as a foundation of their family. One of the fundamental skills we coach to maintain healthy relationships is the ability to show…
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Family Business Pyramid – TRUST
Lack of trust, or mistrust, is a silent killer on most teams and in most family businesses. The problem is, as trust erodes, people don’t talk about it. People start withholding information, energy and…
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From screaming to calmly taking 360 feedback
Here is a great article about all things family business. References to fights of biblical proportion, to finding ways to being a business first family. I thought the best quote came from West Mathison who said…
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How to name a successor and still remain a happy family
Today’s letter is from Ron in Maine: Dear Coach Pete, I have 3 sons and a daughter all working in the business. They’re all doing a good job and I know how lucky I…
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Create camaraderie in your family business
Don’t under estimate the power of friendship and fellowship in the family business. When I asked a family group what they wanted, Jeff, one of the brothers, said, “Camaraderie.” It turned out to be…
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