Synopsis
This is a groundbreaking book based on decades of working with family and closely held companies. It's a how-to manual for not only surviving but PROSPERING over the years. This book will challenge you to objectively assess where you are as a business and to push through the barriers which keep you from reaching your dreams. You ll learn about: The top nine reasons family businesses fail, what steps to take to survive the recession, the MAGIC BULLET solution for simultaneously achieving better family harmony AND greater business success, why having a clearly defined vision is vital, why self-management is a challenge for the majority of entrepreneurs and what to do about it, why it is so hard to attract and retain talented people, how to develop marketing and sales systems for taking your company to a new level, how to better manage your business family to achieve maximum harmony, why running the business is a much more important element of success than you think it is, and much, much more...
About the Author
Wayne Rivers is the co-founder and President of The Family Business Institute, Inc. He has authored four books on the subject of business families the latest of which is Our Family Business Crisis and How It Made Us Stronger. Wayne has appeared on the Today Show, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, BusinessWeek: WEEKEND, and on the Retirement Living Network. Wayne is a Wall Street Journal Expert Panelist. He has also been quoted on the subject of family and closely held businesses by Forbes, Fortune, BusinessWeek, Entrepreneur, CFO, Family Business, The New York Times, Washington Post, and by many other trade, local, regional, and national publications. He has written hundreds of articles for various magazines and trade publications and has produced an acclaimed blog for over 15 years. He has done workshops and lectures for North American Home Furnishings Association, Harley-Davidson, CCA Global, YPO, ACA International, Associated General Contractors of America, National Association of Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Contractors, American Council of Engineering Companies, American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Window and Door Manufacturers Association, National Funeral Directors Association, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, University of Wisconsin, University of Pittsburgh, Wake Forest University, Virginia Tech, University of Hawaii, Babson College, UNC Asheville, and many others. Wayne oversees The CEO Performance Roundtable program which helps commercial construction CEOs make more money in less time with fewer headaches and a higher quality of life through a process of peer review and accountability. Wayne has also been honored as a Fellow of the Family Firm Institute.
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