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Drift Drown or Decide - Navigational Tools for Business Families in Transitions

Date:
2010-03-29
Author(s): 
Wusyk, Gordon D. From: $20.00
BFF insight:
This book will share some tools, techniques and processes Gordon Wusyk has discovered that work to build strong enterprises, healthy entrepreneurs and harmonious families.
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Categorie(s):
Family Communication and Conflict Management, Leadership Skills, Succession and Transitions
Book

Managing for the Long Run - Lessons in Competitive Advantage from Great Family Businesses

Date:
2005-02-16
Author(s): 
Miller, D. & Le Breton-Miller, I. From $23.00
BFF insight:
Miller and Le Breton-Miller show how four driving passions of family-run firms - command, continuity, community, and connection - give rise to a set of practices that defy modern management thinking yet ensure a company's long-term competitive advantage. Outlining how these practices can enhance strategic efforts from operations to brand leadership to innovation, this book shows what every company must do to manage for the long run.
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Categorie(s):
Family Entrepreneurship and Community Building, Governance System, Innovation in Family Business, Leadership Skills, Ownership System, Recurring Challenges and Trends
Article

Family Firms , plural forms of governance, and the evolving role of Trust

Date:
2001-12-05
Author(s): 
Steier, Lloyd
BFF insight:
An article on governance
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Categorie(s):
Governance System, Leadership Skills
Article

Developing effective ownership in the family-controlled business

Date:
2001-07-07
Author(s): 
Ward, J.
BFF insight:
How to prepare owners to face their role and responsibilities.
Categorie(s):
Family Office, Leadership Skills, Ownership System
Book

Succeeding Generation : Realizing the Dreams of Family in Business

Date:
1999-01-02
Author(s): 
Lansberg, Ivan From 35.00$
BFF insight:
A classic, mainly about transtion, vision and a shared dream. This book talks about different structures of family businesses but supports the idea of a single "guiding dream"
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Categorie(s):
Family Relations and Code of Conduct, Governance System, Leadership Skills, Succession and Transitions
Book

Generation to Generation: Lifecycles of the Family Business

Date:
1997-01-02
Author(s): 
Kelin E. Gersick, John A. Davis, Marion McCollom Hampton, Ivan Lansberg From 24.78$
BFF insight:
A classic, must read, introduces the reader to the dynnmics of family business and the unique challenges family controlled businesses face.
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Categorie(s):
Governance System, Leadership Skills, Ownership System, Succession and Transitions
Book

Organizational Vision, Values, and Mission : Building the Organization of Tomorrow

Date:
1993-01-01
Author(s): 
Scott, C., Jaffe,D. Tobe, G. From 12.55$
BFF insight:
A practical book to help learn more about values, vision and mission.
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Categorie(s):
Family Communication and Conflict Management, Leadership Skills, Ownership System
Book

Another Kind of Hero: Preparing Successors for Leadership

Date:
1992-01-01
Author(s): 
Aronoff, C., Ward, J. From 23.00$
BFF insight:
A how to booklet, very practical and helpful for family members and professionals, looking for issues concerning transition.
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Categorie(s):
Family Communication and Conflict Management, Family Relations and Code of Conduct, Leadership Skills, Ownership System, Succession and Transitions
Book

Family Meeting: How to Build a Stronger Family and a Stronger Business

Date:
1992-01-01
Author(s): 
Aronoff, C., Ward, J. From 23.00$
BFF insight:
A how to booklet of very practical and helpful resources for family members and professonals, looking for ways to stenghten family bonds.
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Categorie(s):
Family Communication and Conflict Management, Family Councils and Meetings, Family Relations and Code of Conduct, Governance System, Leadership Skills, Succession and Transitions
Book

Keeping the Family Business Healthy: How to Plan for Continuing Growth, Profitability, and Family Leadership

Date:
1987-01-01
Author(s): 
Ward, J.L. From 36.45$
BFF insight:
A classic, written by one of the leading thinkers in the field.
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Categorie(s):
Family Communication and Conflict Management, Family Councils and Meetings, Leadership Skills, Ownership System, Succession and Transitions