• Family
  Relationships
• Family
  Grievances
• Family vs.
  Business
  Conflicts
• Family
  Councils
• Authority &
  Decision-Making
• Succession
  Planning

Unhealthy conflicts eat away at the heart of the business and waste the energies of its people.

Family vs. Business Conflicts

We offer ways to help family members manage their conflicts rather than let the conflicts manage them.

Conflicts are inherent features of the family businesses. Rather then bemoaning their existence and attempting to avoid them, it would be much more constructive to learn ways of solving conflicts amicably. More then any other type of business, members of family owned and run business must develop and practice conflict-resolution procedures. As the chart below indicates, family business enterprises contain several inherent conflicts of values that cannot be totally eliminated.

What are the main areas where family system values are inherently
in conflict with business system value?

The areas where family values and business values seem to conflict are shown below. The extent that such conflicts pose a serious problem for any given family business may vary and depends on the family members' skill in finding ways of living with the conflicts peacefully.

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