Conflict Management: Navigating Guilt Manipulation in Family Businesses One of my clients, a dedicated entrepreneur, spent years building a successful business while simultaneously raising two children in a fulfilling marriage....
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New Year’s resolutions are not just for losing weight or cleaning out the garage. It might be obvious to set new profit or production goals but what about the often-over-looked…
Face-to-face meetings between the members of a family business is one of the most effective tools for improving communication, building cohesion, sharing values, creating traditions and, ultimately, increasing the chances…
Ivanka Trump is famous for her role as an adviser to her father Donald Trump on, “The Celebrity Apprentice,” as well as her career as a fashion model, but she…
This article is shared with permission from Les Morgans and – FQUR If specific types of challenges tend to “undo” you, or you often feel frustrated, impatient or drained, there may be…
This article is shared with permission from Les Morgans and – FQUR Research shows that the real driver for creativity is twofold – 1) an appetite for discovery and 2) a passion...
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In an earlier post we talked about the — often mistaken — feeling that a family business just ought to have a board of directors. Arguments against a board generally…
The history of accounting starts when the history of business begins. Keeping track of money paid and received was probably the task for which writing itself was originally invented. That…
So, there’s this guy named Kanye West. Ever heard of him? How could you not, right? Even if you’re not in to the pop culture scene, you probably know he’s…
Collaboration is one of the most valuable remedies in the family enterprise medicine chest. Long-lived family businesses build their management system around multiple persons rather than one. This creates flexibility,…