Family Issues

Dealing with family issues within the business can be difficult. Our Family Issues section gives advice on how to create a separate work space, how to deal with difficult relatives, what to do when a family member wants to leave and many more.

Below are our 8 articles in the family issues' category:

Creating a Separate Work Space

When you're working in a family business, keeping work and family life separate can be tricky. It's even more so if you have a home office so that...

Dealing with Difficult Relatives who are Averse to Change

As we get older, we all find it more difficult to deal with change in our lives. As a rule, this isn't a big problem, but when it comes to business...

Developing Professional Respect within the Family Business

When you've been used to seeing someone in a casual context for years, it can be difficult to develop the professional respect necessary to interact...

Marriage Strains: Business Conflicts and Long Hours

Everybody who works long hours knows what it's like - you come home exhausted at the end of the day and all you want is to eat and sleep. If you're...

Moving Away but Still Retaining a Business Interest

Sometimes being involved in a family business can feel restrictive. In particular, it can make you feel that you're tied to one location. If you want...

The Problem of Sexism in Family Businesses

In a family business it's really important to make best use of all the talent available to you, but sadly, in some such businesses, the talents of...

When a Family Member Wants to Leave the Business.

How to determine whether or not it's appropriate to accept an employee's assertion that they want to leave the family business, how to persuade them...

When Children Don't Want to Become Part of the Business

For many people, the whole point of working hard to build up a family business is that they can ultimately hand it over to their children to make...