J. Ward 
Keeping the Family Business Healthy [PDF ebook] 
How to Plan for Continuing Growth, Profitability, and Family Leadership

Good planning is more than just thinking ahead; businesses need a strategic approach to ensuring their success. Keeping the Family Business Healthy provides readers with a guide to strategic thinking, including how to maintain growth, how to shape business direction, preparing for new leadership, and working with a large and diverse family base.

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Foreword; L.A.Danco Preface The Author The Challenge of Keeping a Family Firm Alive Overcoming Barriers to Long-Term Business Health Ensuring Family Interests in Leading the Business Assessing the Firm’s Financial and Market Situation Developing a Strategic Plan for the Business Planning the Family’s Role in the Company’s Future Shaping a Business Strategy that Includes the Family The Transition to New Leadership: Promoting a Revitalized Business Vision and Strategy Epilogue: Making the Commitment to Plan for Future Generations Appendix A: Family Business Values Questionnaire Appendix B: Sample Financial Analysis of Business Appendix C: Strategic Planning Worksheets Appendix D: Sample Business Strategic Plan Appendix E: Sample Family Strategic Plan Appendix F: Democratic Capitalism Appendix G: Note on Research on Family Business References Index

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JOHN L. WARD Co-founder of the Family Business Consulting Group Inc. He is Clinical Professor at the Kellogg School of Management, USA, and teaches strategic management, business leadership and family enterprise continuity.