RESOURCES

Want to learn more about key family business issues?
Here are some recommendations:

Books:
Craig E. Aronoff, Ph. D., Letting Go: Preparing Yourself to Relinquish Control of the Family Business, 2003
Craig E. Aronoff and John L. Ward:

•  Family Business Governance: Maximizing Family and Business Potential, 1996

•  Family Business Ownership: How to Be an Effective Shareholder, 2002

•  From Siblings to Cousins: Prospering in the Third Generation and Beyond, 2007

•  Make Change Your Family Business Tradition, 2010

Joseph H. Astrachan, Ph. D. and Kristi McMillan, Conflict and Communication in the Family Business, 2003
Barbara Ballinger Buchholz, Margaret Crane, Ross W. Nager, The Family Business Answer Book, 1999
William Bridge, Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change, 2003
Randel S. Carlock and John L. Ward, Strategic Planning for the Family Business: Parallel Planning to Unify the Family and Business, 2001
Lee Hausner, Ph. D., Children of Paradise: Successful Parenting for Prosperous Families, 1990
Dean Fowler and Peg Masterson Edquist, Love, Power, Money, 2002
James E. Hughes Jr., Family Wealth: Keeping it in the Family, 2004
Denise Kenyon-Rouvinez, Sharing Wisdom, Building Values, 2010
Denise Kenyon-Rouvinez, and John L. Ward, Family Business Key Issues, 2005
Manfred Kets de Vries, Family Business: Human Dilemmas in the Family Firm, 1996
Ivan Lansberg, Succeeding Generations, 1999
Greg McCann, When Your Parents Sign the Paychecks, 2007
John L. Ward:

•  Perpetuating the Family Business: 50 Lessons Learned from Long-Lasting, Successful Families in Business, 2004

•  Creating Effective Boards for Private Enterprises, 1997

•  Keeping the Family Business Healthy: How to Plan for Continuing Growth, Profitability, and Family Leadership, 1997

Mary F. Whiteside with Craig E. Aronoff and John L. Ward, How Families Work Together, 1993
Roy Williams, and Vic Preisser, Preparing Heirs: Five Steps to a Successful Transition of Family Wealth and Values, 2003