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Family Commitment

Creating Opportunities for New Family Members

Developing Entrepreneurial Skills

Emotional Ownership in Family Businesses

Family Business Associations and Organisations

Family Business: A Whole Family Commitment

Family Businesses and Childcare

Give your Child a Trade

Involving your Extended Family in the Business

Running a Family Home Office

What is a Family Business?

Family Issues

Creating a Separate Work Space

Dealing with Difficult Relatives who are Averse to Change

Developing Professional Respect within the Family Business

Marriage Strains: Business Conflicts and Long Hours

Moving Away but Still Retaining a Business Interest

The Problem of Sexism in Family Businesses

When a Family Member Wants to Leave the Business.

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

Outside Staff

Bringing Consultants Into Your Family Business

Hiring and Firing Within a Family Business

Motivating Outside Employees in a Family Business

Resolving Conflicts between Family and Outside Employees

Taking on Outside Staff in Your Family Business

The Pro's and Con's of Hiring an Outside Manager

Using the Firm-Specific Knowledge of New Business Members

Case Studies

Adrian Maxwell, Fracino Family Run Coffee Company: A Case Study

Tips from Entrepreneur Ron Holland: Power of the Mind in Creating a Family Business

Communication

Developing and Improving Internal Communication

Developing Trust: Competitive Advantage from Trust

Formality and Informality: When it's Okay to Relax

Holding Family Business Meetings

How to Avoid Management by Committee

How to Keep your Business Going in Times of Family Crises

The Family Manager: Alleviating Pressure

Performance

Continued Ideas and Fresh thinking in a Family Business

Creating a Positive Work Environment to Suit Everyone

Dealing with Laziness and Poor Performance

Dealing with Work Related Stress

Establishing a Shared Vision for Business

Holidays: Ensuring Family Members Get Time Together

How Family Businesses Have Fared in the Late 'noughties'

Inter-Generational Marketing and Market Research

Minimising Domestic Distractions During Work Hours

Practical Organisation and Administration.

Sick Leave: When the Whole Family is Affected by Illness

What Are the Advantages of a Family Business?

Finance & Tax

Build Personal Credit Records as a Family

Business Expenses and the Home Office

Establishing Capital Without Demand on Share Dividends

Explaining Difficult Financial Decisions to Shareholders

How to Franchise a Family Business

How to Make full use of your Family's Tax Allowances

Joint Investments and Family Businesses

Managing Profits and Re-investment

Protecting Domestic Finances from the Family Business

Working out Family Wages

Regulations

Drawing up a Family Business Constitution

Drawing up Contracts to Prevent Family Disputes

Registering as a Family Business

The Rules about Children Working

Business Structure

Dealing with Family Members who are Silent Partners

Delegating Business Tasks Within the Family

Developing a Family Business Decision-Making Hierarchy

Junior Work in Family Businesses: Avoiding Resentment

Management Responsibilities within a Family Business

Passing on Business Leadership to the Next Generation

The Achievements of Women in Family Businesses

Family Conflict

Appropriate Employment of Family Members to Suit Ability

Conflicts of Interest: How Family and Business Needs can Clash

Dealing with Conflict: Avoiding Domestic and Business Overlap

How to Spot and Avoid Conflict in a Family Business

When Individual Personal Problems Interfere with Work

Business Strategy

Adjusting the Business to Married in Family Members

Closing Down a Family Business: Having a Clear Exit Strategy

Crisis Management Systems for a Family Business

Delegation: Recognise your Limits and Persuade Others

Distribution of Assets: Giving Control to Family Members

Expanding a Family Business

Keeping Emotions Out of Family Business Decisions

Long Term Business Planning Across the Generations

Recession Proof Your Family Business

Strategic Planning: Business Development

Streamlining Buying Procedures

The Environment and a Family Business

What to do if Somebody Offers to Buy out the Business

Skills & Education

Arranging Business Training for Grown-Up Children

Drawing on Existing Family Business Expertise

Educate your Children in Transferable Business Skills

Family Business Training Opportunities

Learn New Skills Through your Family Business

Pooling Family Talents: Make Use of Skills