Dirty Little Secrets of Family Business

Owning a family business can offer many rewards. You can build wealth while you work alongside the people you care about most. But thriving family businesses frequently dissolve into lawsuits, lost income and strife. Consultant Henry Hutcheson says that a family firm must balance the business’s quest for profits with the family’s desire for harmony. In this extensive instruction manual, Hutcheson offers tips on resolving conflicts, preventing a sense of entitlement in the succeeding generation, setting up a board of advisers and attending to shareholders’ interests. His advice is a quick, interesting read free from gimmicky concepts and consultant-speak. getAbstract recommends Hutcheson’s guidance to founders and senior managers of family businesses, as well as to board members and future managers from succeeding generations.