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 ONE MISTAKE FROM COLLAPSE: The 5 Things Construction Executives Must Know to Survive in 2010 |
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The current construction environment is akin to walking through a minefield – one misstep, and you’re dead. This paper will focus on the five critical areas on which contractors need to focus in 2010 to maximize their opportunities.
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| The Changing Nature of the Family Foretells Changes in the Family Business |
| In this report, we'll explore many of the trends which are currently tugging at the fabric of our families and discuss a tool which helps create better family communication and cohesion. |
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| THE NEW ECONOMY: The Great Recession is Ending - NOW WHAT? |
| The purpose of this report is to challenge family and closely held business owners to think differently about their businesses and their futures, and most importantly, what to do in the New Economy to assure success. |
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| Blunt Advice for Multi-Generation Family Companies |
| The purpose of this report is to help senior and successor generations in family businesses understand the factors associated with intergenerational transition, describe the behaviors that indicate whether a transition is likely to be problematic or not, and to propose strategies for resolving intergenerational issues so that neither the business nor the family is torn apart. |
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| Conflict Resolution in Family and Closely-Held Businesses |
| Conflict is a fact of life in family and closely-held businesses. This research paper deals with definitions of conflict, suppression and avoidance of conflict, keys to successful family business conflict resolution, and tips for those occasions where you find yourself as a third party intermediary in a dispute situation. |
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| Family Business In Transition: Part 1 of 3 | Part 2 of 3 | Part 3 of 3 |
This series of three white papers explores:
- Exit strategies, retirement planning, and ownership transition among family enterprises
- The management succession plans of family enterprises
- The barriers to succession as identified by family business owners themselves and by family business consultants
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| Get the Right People On Your Bus - Hiring for Excellence |
| The purpose of this research paper is to help busy family business owners develop their own handy, ready-to-use action plans when it’s time to get new talent on the bus. Following this five step, proven methodology will allow family business executives to turn the uncertainty and dread of hiring employees into a time of excitement and opportunity which allows the firm to grow and prosper. |
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| Performance Roundtables |
| The general theory behind Performance Roundtables is that by gathering peer, non-competing businesspeople on a regular basis to share ideas, troubleshoot problems, benchmark industry best practices, etc., one can retreat from the day-to-day grind and urgency of running a business and focus on the larger issue of sculpting the future of the business to produce optimum long run outcomes. |
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| The Four Different Types of Family Business Consulting Companies |
| This paper is not intended as a criticism of any one individual’s professionalism, good conduct, effective abilities, positive results for clients, or financial success, nor is it a dismissal of any one of the four types of consulting firms; each has its own relative strengths and weaknesses. The paper will describe the four types of family business consulting firms, some of the advantages and disadvantages of each, and draw conclusions from the analysis |
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