The associates of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc, ® understand the unique challenges that family businesses face.

We help both the family and the business. From Fortune 500 operations to smaller, closely held companies, we consult with family businesses around the world. We explore solutions for all business and family issues, decide on the best course of action, and implement plans that will help the family business succeed for generations.

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Dedicated to serving the needs of program directors and conference/meeting professionals, our business speaker bureau of consultants are considered the most respected experts in the field of family business and are available to share their expertise and depth of knowledge for your organization.

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Why hire The Family Business Consulting Group® to be a Family Meeting Resource?

We are the go-to guys. Our company, its members and the empirical / award winning research they conduct are cited by more media outlets than any other.

We consult with more business-owning families each year than any other company.

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Why Me? Wealth: Creating, Receiving and Passing It On

"Is it possible to speak openly about wealth? That is the challenge that this book modestly attempts to meet, using all the accourtrements--knowledge, wisdom and even humor--that such a topic requires. It is our greatest wish and highest ambition that today's wealth--whether long-held or recently acquired--be wealth for the future, not just an end for today.

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Facilitate Family Business Succession with the Family Business Advisor

The insights in the Family Business Advisor® help you build trust, settle disputes, organize family business succession and dramatically increase your family's wealth.

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• A Non-Family Employee's Guide to Success in Working for a Family Business CD
• Career Development in the Family Business CD
• Compensation in the Family Business CD
• Conflict and Communication in the Family Business CD
• Coping with Massive Change CD
• Creating a Board of Directors CD
• Developing Family Business Policies CD
• Effective Leadership in the Family Business CD
• Effective Ownership CD
• Family Meetings: Getting the Next Generation Involved CD
• From Siblings to Cousins: The Last Major Transition CD
• Governance Councils CD
• Healthy Growth and Strategic Planning for the Family Business CD
• How to Achieve Success in Succession CD
• In-laws in the Family Business CD
• Letting Go: Preparing Yourself to Relinquish Control of the Family Business CD
• Managing a Board of Directors CD
• Maximizing the Effectiveness of Your Board CD
• Money in the Family Business
• Performance Management of Family Employees CD
• Philanthropy for Business-Owning Families CD
• Preparing the Next Generation for Wealth and Ownership CD
• Sibling Teams: How To Make Them Work CD
• The Family Constitution: Why It Benefits Your Family and Your Family Business CD

Who, Me? Family Business Succession. A Practical Guide for the Next Generation

"Taking over a family firm brings difficulties that can only be understood by those directly involved. What an unbelieveable opportunity, to "automatically" be the next in line. But at the same time, what a responsibility, what a burden, what a pressure and what constaints." This book is intended for those leading the next generation of a family business who are beset by all the doubts that such a position brings.

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