Performance

Guidance on maintaining productivity and wellbeing when family and business overlap. Articles address performance issues, work stress, shared vision development and keeping the business innovative across generations.

Continued Ideas and Fresh Thinking in a Family Business

How family businesses can tap into fresh ideas from younger generations and other sources to solve stubborn problems.

Creating a Positive Work Environment to Suit Everyone

Improve your workplace by understanding what your staff actually need and creating an environment where everyone can do their best.

Dealing with Laziness and Poor Performance

How to spot and manage lazy employees in your family business before their poor performance damages the whole team.

Dealing with Work Related Stress

Workplace stress hurts productivity and health, here's how to identify what's causing it and tackle it in your small business.

Establishing a Shared Vision for Business

Getting your family business team aligned on the same goals makes work more efficient and keeps everyone pulling in the right direction.

Holidays: Ensuring Family Members Get Time Together

Family business owners need a plan for taking time off together without letting work suffer or damaging family relationships.

How Family Businesses Have Fared in the Late 'noughties'

Family businesses made up 30% of UK GDP and provided one in three jobs, but faced real challenges during the late 2000s recession.

Inter-Generational Marketing and Market Research

How family businesses can use different generations to understand customers and market products more effectively.

Minimising Domestic Distractions During Work Hours

Set clear boundaries and manage distractions to maintain focus when working from home with family around.

Practical Organisation and Administration.

Set up your business administration properly by assessing what tasks you actually need to handle daily, weekly, and monthly.

Sick Leave: When the Whole Family Is Affected by Illness

How to keep your small family business running when illness strikes everyone at once.

What Are the Advantages of a Family Business?

Running a family business gives you control, shared rewards, and stronger commitment because success directly benefits the people you care about most.