Dr. Josh Baron is a distinguished expert in family enterprises, focusing on how families define their purpose as owners and establish the structures and strategies to achieve their goals. Drawing on extensive experience working with families who own assets together, he brings a deep understanding of the complexities involved. His academic role at Columbia Business School and frequent contributions to publications provide insightful analysis on the dynamics and future of family-owned businesses. Baron's work offers valuable perspectives on cultivating effective ownership and navigating the unique challenges and opportunities within family enterprises.
Ideal for family businesses, this book serves as a valuable resource for fostering discussions among shareholders. It provides insights and strategies tailored specifically for the dynamics and challenges faced by family-owned enterprises, making it a must-have for meetings and ongoing reference.
"The one book you need to navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family. Though "family business" may sound like it refers only to mom-and-pop shops, businesses owned by families are among the most significant and numerous in the world. But surprisingly few resources exist to help navigate the unique challenges you face when you share the executive suite, tax returns, and holidays. How do you make the right decisions, critical to the long-term survival of any business, with the added challenge of having to do so within the context of a family? This comprehensive handbook brings you sophisticated guidance and practical advice from family business experts Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer. Based on their decades-long experience working closely with a wide range of family businesses around the world, the authors present proven methods and approaches. In the HBR Family Business Handbook you'll find: A new perspective on what makes family businesses succeed and fail A framework to help you address the myriad decisions facing your family business--including how to make good decisions together Step-by-step guidance to help you understand what type of family business you own, define success on your own terms, communicate effectively, manage conflict, prepare for changes within your business family, and transition to the next generation Key questions about wealth, unique to family businesses, that you can't afford not to ask yourself--and your family Exercises and assessments to help you determine where you are--and where you want to go Stories of real families and real companies, from Radio Flyer to Sierra Nevada Brewing Company The HBR Family Business Handbook addresses theseissues and more. Keep this guide with you to help you build, grow, and sustain your family business--and your business family--for years, and generations, to come."-- Provided by publisher