How Families Work Together

How Family Shapes the Future of Your BusinessBusiness vs. Family: Crossing the Chinese WallThe Payoff: Understanding Family PatternsThe "Normal" Family: A Dynamic and Powerful UnitHOW 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 UnderstandingUnlocking the Barriers to the PastHow Transitions Raise Family Issues: Integrating In-LawsA Few Simple Rules for Smooth Family FunctioningSome Signals that a Family May Be in TroubleThe Role of the Family ProfessionalSummarySuggested Reading ListIndex

Mary F. Whiteside, Craig E. Aronoff and John L. Ward

'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)