Successful family businessQuestion What's the key to successful ownership of a family firm?
Answer This is simple: The fundamental key to success in any family business is having quality and professional communication among the family stakeholders.
Success in family business ownership comes from developing legitimate systems to share timely information, so family members aren't left wondering what's going on. A marker of unsuccessful family businesses is when some members resort to gossip or manipulating other family members, or worse, litigate to get the reports that stockholders in other corporations can get with a phone call.
Brain Trust contributor:
Family Business Psychologist and author of Your Family, Inc.
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