http://janeadams.com/2009/04/20/divorce-in-the-family-business/ boomers, parenting grown kids, family businesses, and Life Its Own Self Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:42:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://janeadams.com/2009/04/20/divorce-in-the-family-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1240 Why Family Businesses Need a Boundary Statement | Jane Adams Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:04:22 +0000 http://janeadams.com/?p=166#comment-1240 [...] Healthy family systems don’t necessarily translate to healthy business systems – for one thing, businesses put the best interests of the enterprise ahead of those of its people, even if it disadvantages some individuals. But families exist to nurture and support their members and further their personal agendas.  For another, decision-making in families is frequently based on emotions, whereas business decisions are (or should be) based on facts, not feelings. A well-crafted boundary statement takes issues like these out of the closet (maybe even the same one where family secrets, skeletons and animosities are buried) and exposes them to the light of reasoned discussion and agreement. Post a Comment  [...] [...] Healthy family systems don’t necessarily translate to healthy business systems – for one thing, businesses put the best interests of the enterprise ahead of those of its people, even if it disadvantages some individuals. But families exist to nurture and support their members and further their personal agendas.  For another, decision-making in families is frequently based on emotions, whereas business decisions are (or should be) based on facts, not feelings. A well-crafted boundary statement takes issues like these out of the closet (maybe even the same one where family secrets, skeletons and animosities are buried) and exposes them to the light of reasoned discussion and agreement. Post a Comment  [...]

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