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by Florence W. Kaslow (Author), LILLI Friedland (Author)
While family businesses have existed for millennia all over the world, it is only in the past few decades that professional consultants have been utilized to help them function more effectively. This engaging, up to the minute volume explores the varied and complex world of family enterprises as they now exist in the third decade of the 21st century. Attention is given to the factors unique to family businesses in their attention to perpetuating family values, traditions, loyalties and their legacy to future generations. Consultants may be drawn from law, finance and accounting, organizational psychology, or family psychology (with its special emphasis on understanding the family relationship system). The book describes methods of assessment and how to effectively communicate the results as well as techniques of consulting and provides an invaluable description of what is necessary to be and become a family business consultant.
Readers will benefit from explorations of
- A new model featuring 8 inter-related business domains
- Cybersecurity issues and how to handle them
- Working collaboratively with financial and legal professionals
- Comprehensive coverage of research based assessment instruments
G. Andrew H. Benjamin, JD, PhD, ABPPPast President, American Academy of Couple & Family Psychology
Past President, American Board (ABPP) of Couple & Family Psychology Clinical Professor of Psychology & Affiliate Professor of Law, University of Washington
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While family businesses have existed for millennia all over the world, it is only in the past few decades that professional consultants have been utilized to help them function more effectively. This engaging, up to the minute volume explores the varied and complex world of family enterprises as they now exist in the third decade of the 21st century. Attention is given to the factors unique to family businesses in their attention to perpetuating family values, traditions, loyalties and their legacy to future generations. Consultants may be drawn from law, finance and accounting, organizational psychology, or family psychology (with its special emphasis on understanding the family relationship system). The book describes methods of assessment and how to effectively communicate the results as well as techniques of consulting and provides an invaluable description of what is necessary to be and become a family business consultant.
Readers will benefit from explorations of
- A new model featuring 8 inter-related business domains
- Cybersecurity issues and how to handle them
- Working collaboratively with financial and legal professionals
- Comprehensive coverage of research based assessment instruments
G. Andrew H. Benjamin, JD, PhD, ABPPPast President, American Academy of Couple & Family Psychology
Past President, American Board (ABPP) of Couple & Family Psychology ClinicalProfessor of Psychology & Affiliate Professor of Law, University of Washington
Author Biography
Dr. Kaslow is an internationally known clinical, forensic, and family psychologist, and specialist in family business (and organizational) consultation. She is a past president of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Division 43 (Society for Family Psychology), as well as of Division 46 (Media Psychology and Technology). She has also served as co-chair of APA's Committee on International Relations (in Psychology). Additionally, Dr. Kaslow helped to found several other (major) groups (change to organizations) such as the American Board of Forensic Psychology, American Board of Family Psychology, and the International Family Therapy Association. She is the author of 32 books and over 200 articles in the professional literature and a frequent presenter on radio and TV shows.
Dr. Lilli Friedland is a sought-after consultant to family businesses and families of wealth for more than 25 years. She guides multi-generational families andfamily businesses to create processes that promote family continuity through the transfer of values, wealth and power. Dr. Friedland has been honored and elected to many positions of the national (American Psychological Association), state (California Psychological Association) and local (Los Angeles Psychological Association) psychological organizations. Dr. Friedland was appointed by the governor to the California Board of Psychology- the state licensing board. Lilli Friedland, Ph.D. is a member of Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Women. She has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and other national publications. She has made over two hundred national and local TV and radio appearances.
