
The Successful Family Business by Edward D Hess
A comprehensive guide, The Successful Family Business covers the spectrum of topics from creating a family values statement and code of conduct to resolving conflicts among siblings to managing transitions in leadership and the potential sale of the business.
Hess argues that the business and the family are overlapping living organisms, and in order for both to thrive, the family business must develop a proactive process for defining and communicating roles and goalsHe gives advice on everything from resolving conflicts among siblings to working with the board of directors. Readership for the book includes all those involved in a family business. * Reference & Research Book News *
Edward D Hess is Adjunct Professor of Organization and Management, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Corporate Growth, and Founder and Executive Director of the Values-Based Leadership Institute at Goizueta Business School, Emory University, where he teaches courses in entrepreneurship, leadership, and business growth. He also maintains an active consulting practice with family businesses. Prior to joining Emory, he spent over 30 years as a lawyer, investment banker, and consultant, specializing in private family business. He has written a regular column for the Georgia business magazine, The Catalyst, the author of Make It Happen: Six Tools for Success and Executing Organic Growth: How Great Companies Consistently Grow from Within, and lead editor and author of The Search for Organic Growth and Leading with Values: Values, Virtue and High Performance.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780275988876 |
| ISBN 10 | 0275988872 |
| Title | The Successful Family Business |
| Author | Edward D Hess |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Year published | 2005-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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