Family Business Values How to Assure a Legacy of Continuity and Success

The most successful families have strong values that are deeply rooted in emotional bonds and shared history. These values have important underpinnings to decisions that are made each day, from how we treat people to strong strategic decisions made in business. This book shows readers how to tap into core values and use them for strategic advantage. Family Business Values covers:* how values bring power to the family business,* how family values can strengthen day-to-day operation,* how values can help to resolve conflicts within the family and between family and business,* how to identify and articulate genuine family values,* how to nurture and pass on values in the family and the business* how to renew and reinterpret values to retain their productive power in today's fast-changing world, and much more.

Craig E. Aronoff is Co-founder, Principal Consultant, and Chairman of the Board of the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc., the founder of the Cox Family Enterprise Center, and current Professor Emeritus at Kennesaw State University. He invented and implemented the membership-based, professional-service-provider sponsored Family Business Forum, Which has served as a model of family business education for universities world-wide. John L. Ward is Co-founder of the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. He is Clinical Professor at the Kellogg School of Management and teaches strategic management, business leadership, and family enterprise continuity.