Make Change Your Family Business Tradition [Paperback]

Family businesses that expect to endure over a long period of time must learn to respond and adapt to a rapidly changing environment. The authors provide a new appreciation for the importance of change and the tools necessary to incorporate change as a company tradition.Introduction: The Challenge of Continuous RenewalChange in a Family Business: How Hard Can it Be?Building and Preserving a Foundation for ChangeWhere Change Comes FromLeading Change in a Family Firm: A Guide for the SuccessorManaging Resources for ChangeA Word to the Outgoing CEOCreating a Tradition of ChangeSummaryIndex

'I think the Family Business Leadership Series books are excellent. They are extremely concise and practical, and they have the information you need.' - Gigi Cohen, EVP, Magrid Glove & Safety Mfg. Co., LLC, USA

'Make Change Your Family Business Tradition talks about what I see as the most important, challenging part of a family business leader's job. It focuses on key survival issues. Not everyone will agree with everything the authors say, but it raises good questions that make you re-examine and re-affirm or adjust how you lead change in your organization.' - Robert E. Don, CEO, Edward Don & Company, USA

'While each volume contains helpful 'solutions' to the issues it covers, it is the guidance on how to tackle the process of addressing the different issues, and the emphasis on the benefits which can stem from the process itself, which make the Family Business Leadership Series of Unique value to everyone involved in a family business - not just the owners.' - David Grant, Director (retired), William Grant & Sons Ltd., (Distillers of Glenfiddich and other fine Scotch whiskeys)

CRAIG E. ARONOFF?Co-founder, Principal, and Chairman of the Board of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc., the founder of the Cox Family Enterprise Centre and current Professor Emeritus at Kennesaw State University, USA. He invented and iml“8