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Business Is Business: Reality Checks for Family-Owned Companies

Business Is Business: Reality Checks for Family-Owned Companies

By Kathy Kolbe and Amy Bruske

Balancing the benefits and burdens of a family-owned business Working with family complicates the already daunting task of owning a business, and it's tough not to take work problems home with you. The best approach is to realize that family is family. . . and business is business. Business is Business: Reality Checks for Family-Owned Companies is a common-sense manual for survival that dispels myths such as the power of teamwork and gender or birth-order differences in ability.

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Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press
Publish Date: 02/07/2017
Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781626343733
ISBN-10: 162634373X
Language: English

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Balancing the benefits and burdens of a family-owned business
Working with family complicates the already daunting task of owning a business, and it's tough not to take work problems home with you. The best approach is to realize that family is family . . . and business is business. Business is Business: Reality Checks for Family-Owned Companies is a common-sense manual for survival that dispels myths such as the power of teamwork and gender or birth-order differences in ability. Engagingly written, with no-nonsense tips and real-life examples, this defiant treatise will guide you to - Harness your employees'--and your own--inherent strengths
- Trust your instincts and the people you work with
- Balance lifelong relationships with fair treatment of nonfamily employees Authors Kathy Kolbe and Amy Bruske hone decades of experience helping family businesses thrive--and running their own for more than 30 years--into practical, actionable advice for how to hire family members, how to work with them, and how--when necessary--to fire them. The solutions are not always easy, but understanding the frequent pitfalls of working with family is an investment that could pay back over generations. Business is Business will show you how to find joy while developing a sustainable family-owned company.

About the Authors

Kathy Kolbe is the global leader in discovering and accessing the power of human instincts.

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Amy Bruske has had a life-long obsession with human behavior, and she’s on a quest to help driven people find the freedom to be themselves. Amy is the expert voice for real-world applications of the Kolbe Concept®  — the authoritative theory for human instinct and performance.

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