Deconstructing Conflict: Understanding Family Business, Shared Wealth and Power - Softcover

Baumoel, Doug; Trippe, Blair

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996425616 ISBN 13: 9780996425612

Publisher: Continuity Media, 2016

Synopsis

Based upon the groundbreaking work of Doug Baumoel and Blair Trippe, Deconstructing Conflict will help scores of enterprising families navigate the challenges of owning and managing together as family. Utilizing “The Conflict Equation” methodology, the book deconstructs conflict into its component parts to arm family business stakeholders and their advisors with the most cutting-edge thinking for achieving generational success in family enterprise.

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About the Author

Doug Baumoel has spent the majority of his career in and around family businesses - as a second-generation executive in his own family's business and in key posts for other family operated companies both in the US and abroad. Widely respected for his expertise on a range of family enterprise issues, he is the Founding Partner of Continuity LLC, a global firm working with family businesses and their stakeholders.

Blair Trippe is an experienced negotiator, mediator, and family business consultant who played a key role in creating the specialized field of elder mediation. With a background that includes executive posts on Wall Street, she is the Managing Partner of Continuity LLC, where her grasp of family enterprise systems has garnered the trust of a wide range of family business executives, board members, and other stakeholders.

For more information, visit DeconstructConflict.com.

From the Back Cover

Deconstructing Conflict draws upon nearly fifteen years of experience in which Doug Baumoel and Blair Trippe have helped scores of enterprising families navigate the challenges of owning and managing together as family. Based upon their groundbreaking methodology known as "The Conflict Equation," the book presents five foundational concepts to help readers deconstruct conflict into its component parts. It will help you understand the reasons that underlie all conflict,what triggers active conflict, and why conflict can be so extreme and intractable in family business systems. This book will arm family business stakeholders and their advisors with the most cutting-edge thinking for achieving generational success in family enterprise.

Praise for Deconstructing Conflict
"If you've ever been caught in the devastating undertow of family business conflict, this book offers hope and a way back to shore."
-Doug Stone, Author, Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

"Doug and Blair give those of us committed tomultigenerational family enterprise a roadmap for survival."
-Lansing Crane, Sixth-generation retired Chair and CEO, Crane & Co.

"Deconstructing Conflict is an indispensable guide that outlines the perils and benefits of family business systems, and offers practical and wise advice for keeping those systems intact."
-Susan Hackley, Managing Director, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School

"This is an incredibly smart and accessible... must-read for any family business, and for all families facing conflict."
-Partha Bose, Author, Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy

"Family business consultants, mediators, and family business owners will all benefit from the wealth of insight and experience captured in these pages."
-David Hoffman, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuity Media
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0996425616
• ISBN 13: 9780996425612
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224