Synopses & Reviews
Eckrich and McClure provide a greater understanding of what a family business really is and how they differ from other companies and work environments. Working for a Family Business is designed to provide insight into the family and its behavior and to integrate the non-family employee into its unique structure. With tips on how to best serve the family business in order to secure not only your own success but the success of the family as well, this book will make you an indispensable family business partner.
Review
"Working for a Family Business provides a framework for a non-family member working for a family business to evaluate and react to a number of the unique situations which may cause conflicts. The book also provides many examples of good and bad business practices and why they may or may not work in any particular situation. I would recommend this book to anyone who now works for or is considering working for a family business." —Bill Ingram, CEO, White Castle, Columbus, OH
"I was delighted and surprised that Working for a Family Business provides great practical knowledge on how outsiders working in family companies can be empowered to be more effective for the family and for their own careers. "Delighted and surprised" because hands on advice on navigating the sometimes treacherous waters of family business is as rare as it is needed by everyone working in family enterprises. I plan to give this book not only to the non-family officers in my client universe of family companies, but also to involved family members as well." —Harry Martin (former Head of the Cargill McMillan Family Office), Family Advisors, LLC, Mystic, CT
Synopsis
Eckrich and McClure provide a greater understanding of what a family business really is and how they differ from other companies and work environments. Designed to provide insight into the family and its behavior and to integrate the non-family employee into its unique structure.
Synopsis
A window into understanding the inner workings of the family business the unique opportunities for the non-family employees
About the Author
Christopher J. Eckrich is a Principal of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. Eckrich specializes in building leadership excellence and maintaining family unity in family owned businesses. He assists family owned firms in establishing orderly succession plans that maximize effective leadership transition and prevent conflict during the transition. As an adjunct faculty member at The University of Notre Dame, Chris has taught Family Enterprise, and occasionally lectures there. He also served as a founding advisor to The Family Business Center at the University of St. Francis, a university-based education center for family business owners and their families, where he lead the Next Generation Leaders group.
Stephen L. McClure is a Principal at the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. and specializes in family communications and decision making, succession planning and implementation, and governance & management in family firms. He has taught business planning and family business management and governance to retail networks of international manufacturers, clients of law practices, international trade groups, business advisors, and to the members and owners of family businesses, both domestically and internationally. As an innovator in providing unique services to private businesses, his articles on consulting methods appear in three volumes of collected works. Dr. McClure has worked with family businesses for over 25 years.
Table of Contents
I. Introduction: Your Role in a Special Partnership * II. What Makes a Family Business Unique? * III. The Value of "Family" to a Family Business * IV. When There's Conflict (And There Will Be Conflict!) * V. Difficult Passage #1: From a Founder to Sons and Daughters * VI. Difficult Passage #2: From Sibling Control to Next-Generation Cousins * VII. Understanding a "Family-First" Business * VIII. What About "Business" Companies? * IX. When Crisis Looms * X. More Understanding of the Soup You're In * XI. The Empowered Employee: Maximizing Your Success * XII. Summary * Notes * Suggested Readings * Index