Through an investigative look at familial interactions, the authors highlight normal conflicts, criticisms, and communications failures that are a part of the family experience as well as their effects on working relationships within the enterprise.

'Owners need to remember to focus on both the family and business sides of their enterprise if they want to maximize their family business success over the long term. How Families Work Together...provides sound and effective guidance - checklists, tips, suggestions, and behaviors to avoid - to help family members improve their working relationships. This book should be read and discussed by all family members who are actively involved in the family business.' - Donald G. Nelson, Family Office Executive, Skaneateles, NY

'This book not only helped our family work better together, it helped us become a closer family unit. How Families Work Together is a must read!' - Tom Scotti, President, Keystone HRC, Inc., Bensalem, PA

'While each volume contains helpful 'solutions' to the issues it covers, it is the guidance on how to tackle the process of addressing the different issues, and the emphasis on the benefits which can stem from the process itself, which make the Family Business Leadership Series of unique value to everyone involved in a family business - not just the owners.' - David Grant, Director (retired), William Grant & Sons Ltd., (Distillers of Glenfiddich and other fine Scotch whiskeys)

Autorentext
MARY F. WHITESEIDE Licensed psychologist, mediator, family therapist, and consultant. She is an advanced practitioner member of the Association for Conflict Resolution, USA, a fellow of the Family Firm Institute, a member of the American Psychological Association, a fellow of the Michigan Psychological Association, and one of the founding members of the Collaborative Practice Institute of Michigan.

CRAIG E. ARONOFF Co-founder, Principal, and Chairman of the Board of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc., the founder of the Cox Family Enterprise Center and current Professor Emeritus at Kennesaw State University, USA. He invented and implemented the membership-based, professional-service-provider sponsored Family Business Forum, which has served as a model of family business education for universities world-wide.

JOHN L. WARD Co-founder of the Family Business Consulting Group Inc. He is Clinical Professor at the Kellogg School of Management, USA, and teaches strategic management, business leadership and family enterprise continuity.

Inhalt
How Family Shapes the Future of Your Business Business vs. Family: Crossing the Chinese Wall The Payoff: Understanding Family Patterns The "Normal" Family: A Dynamic and Powerful Unit HOW THE FAMILY WORKS AS A SYSTEM - Triangles: Stabilizing Uncomfortable Relationship - Differentiation of Self: The Core Concept - Family Structure: How Patterns are Set - How Boundaries Affect Family Closeness - Birth Order: The Family Constellation - Sibling Rivalry: Healthy Tension Gone Awry - Emotional Cutoff: Denying the Ties that Bind - Genograms as a Tool for Understanding Unlocking the Barriers to the Past How Transitions Raise Family Issues: Integrating In-Laws A Few Simple Rules for Smooth Family Functioning Some Signals that a Family May Be in Trouble The Role of the Family Professional Summary Suggested Reading List Index