Keep Your Business Close... and Your Family Closer
Building on the Inherent Strengths of Family Business
-
 Business
school teaches you business theories.
- Your mother lends you
family advice.
- But who can give you the
REAL scoop on mixing business and family?
A family-business veteran, of
course, who has lived through the agony of firing a loved one,
the misgivings of family-business succession, the uncertainty of
hiring a son-in-law . . . and still believes in family business.
 Author
Larry Hollar has worked in
his family’s business since the age
of five, from taking out the trash to international sales at the
decades-old seed company. Since taking over the reins at his
family business, Hollar has simultaneously studied the science
of family business management. In Keep Your Business Close... and
Your Family Closer, Hollar weaves stories of international
business success with hard-earned advice. From grandpa's
tried-and-true truisms to academic theories, this book offers
something for everyone in the business — from mail room to board
room.
While examining the plus-sides
of doing business with your family, this down-to-earth book is
also a personal tale of growing up in rural America, traveling
the world and succeeding at growth.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
|
1 |
Leveraging Your
Advantages |
7 |
Using
Family Firm Connections (read
the excerpt) |
|
2 |
Joining the Family
Business |
8 |
Nurturing
Family Financial Advantages |
|
3 |
Hiring Family Members
(read the excerpt) |
9 |
Taking
Advantage of Legal Issues |
|
4 |
Having Fun at Work
with the Family |
10 |
Using
Tools to Your Advantage |
|
5 |
Communicating with the
Family |
11 |
Keeping
Ownership Close |
|
6 |
Taking Advantage of
Change (read the excerpt) |
12 |
Keeping
the Family Closer |
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