Your Family Business Matters Newsletter
| Oct 2009 |
Number 2009-03 (Adobe PDF format)
- Protecting Your Business in the Face of a Pandemic
- Influenza 101
- It Need Not be Lonely at the Top
- Q & A – Learning to “fight fair”
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| Aug 2009 |
Number 2009-02 (Adobe PDF format)
- Is it Time for a Governance Transformation of Your Family Business?
- Is It Time to Hire a CFO?
- What Can Happen If You Don’t Have a Succession Plan?
- Q&A – Getting the Family On Board When Selling the Family Business
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| Feb 2009 |
Issue 2009-01 (Adobe PDF format)
- Weathering the Storm
- Outside Directors: Good Business Sense and Good Family Sense
- Transition Planning: Taking Contingencies Into Account
- Q & A - Decision Around Dividends on Family Shares
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| Oct 2008 |
Issue 2008-03 (Adobe PDF format)
- Avoiding the Knowledge Void as Boomers Retire
- Is Strategic Expansion Right for Your Business
- Empowering Employees Through Accountability
- Q & A – Handling Grumbling In-laws
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| Jun 2008 |
Issue 2008-02 (Adobe PDF format)
- Going Green
- Ways of Going Green
- Protecting Your Reputation
- Sustaining Entrepreneurship in a Family Business
- Q & A - Is it time to hire in-house counsel
- The "World" of M&A
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| Jan 2008 |
Issue 2008-01(Adobe PDF format)
- Doing what’s right
- Grooming a leadership team
- Warning signs of discord
- Q & A – When does majority not rule?
- Celebrating milestones
- Compensating for lack of non-family business experience
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| Nov 2007 |
Issue 2007-03 (Adobe PDF format)
- Using Valuations to Understand and Manage Your Business
- Some common solutions calling for a business valuation
- Layoffs are emotional
- Q & A Staying in the loop
- Happy Holidays
- Impediments to strategic planning in family-owned businesses
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| Jun 2007 |
Issue 2007-02 (Adobe PDF format)
- Is your family name part of your brand identity?
- Employee Bonuses - why discretionary bonuses may be counterproductive
- Owner-Manager Remuneration: bonuses versus Dividends
- Stopping embers from turning into fires
- Q & A
- Sibling Mentoring
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| Mar 2007 |
Issue 2007-01 (Adobe PDF format)
- Welcome
- Decision-Making Styles
- Ethical Wills
- To Join or Not to Join
- Q&A – Culture Clash
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| Sep 2006 |
Issue 2006-02 (Adobe PDF format)
- Communicating During Difficult Times
- Family Councils: a Useful Tool for Families and Businesses
- Don’t Overlook the Power of Appreciation
- Q & A – When a Family Member Applies for a Position
- Partners in Love and Business? Making it Work
- Are You Prepared for Disruptions in Normal Operations
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| June 2006 |
Issue 2006 - 01 (Adobe PDF format)
- CFIB Survey Results Raise Concerns Due to Lack of
- Succession Planning
- Recognizing financial warning signs
- Time off – taking the plunge
- Q & A
- The Vital Role of Families in Building New Companies
- When is a business psychologist needed?
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| Dec 2005/Jan 2006 |
Issue 2005 - 03 (Adobe PDF format)
- Corporate citizenship in action: Charitable giving
- Is it time for your annual insurance check-up?
- Don’t let your small business be smallminded
- 10 signs of entrepreneurial kids
- Q & A – what to expect when joining the family firm
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| Sep 2005 |
Issue 2005 - 02 (Adobe PDF format)
- Don’t be a statistic! Succession planning crisis looming
- What’s fair?
- Primer on Running a Family Meeting
- 10 Commandments for Children Working for the Family Business
- Q & A
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| Jul 2005 |
Issue 2005 - 01 (Adobe PDF format)
- Are you and your kids out of sync?
- Emergency Management Transition Letters
- Hiring a non-family CEO
- Q & A
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