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Family-owned Business Development Program

88% believe their business will be controlled by the same family or families in 5 years.
—MassMutual Financial Group/Raymond Institute Family Business Survey 2002

30% survive to the second generation
12% survive to the third generation
Only 3% survive to the fourth generation!

Create a "family" human systems environment that makes it serious fun to come to work and produces results.

The models and technologies used in this program are tailored to help a family-owned business overcome its operational and business blind spots and blockages and move toward success.

This program is designed for family members who are directly or indirectly involved in a business enterprise, as well as non-family individuals who are working directly or indirectly with family members. It is also a useful program for individuals who work in an organization that is perceived by the top leadership group as a "family."

How Common is Conflict in Family Businesses?

Weekly Conflict — 20%
Monthly Conflict — 20%
3-4 times per year — 42%

Conflict is the rule in family businesses, NOT the exception!
—The Family Firm Institute

Most family-owned businesses under-perform because of:

Lack of confidence in family members who are perceived to be incompetent or insensitive.
High turnover because of family members occupying positions that more confident employees feel they should occupy.
Power struggles between family members.
Transitional issues between and among family members.
The transfer of leadership from a family member to an "outsider."
Family members playing out negative interaction patterns at work that they learned at home.

In this program, you will learn how to:

Resolve wider family issues affecting the business.
Become more effective in your communication and working relationships with family members and non-family employees.
Leverage your strengths, talents, and competencies and minimize your weaknesses and negatives.
Deal more effectively with conflicting visions, strategies, and tactics.
Create alignment among family members as well as among non-family and family members.
Create a workable and successful Succession Plan.
Encourage followership of non-aligned family members.
Create a common language and model for improved communication within your organization.
Generate a leadership action plan for review and use as a reference guide.
Identify positive and negative relationship patterns of interaction and how to respond to them in a way that decreases the negative patterns and increases the positive action patterns.

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