Month: August 2019
Family Business Conflict Video No 14: Parenting Styles & Practices. By Jon Kenfield. Solutionist
Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 14. Parenting Styles & Practices. Root cause of many family business conflicts can be traced back/attributed to parenting styles (behaviours), and parenting practices (emotional context). Parenting Styles = behaviours: Dictatorial: obedience and punishment, rather than discipline. Authoritative: positive relationships, rules, consequences and discipline. […]
Read MoreFamily Business Conflict Video No 13: Emotional Resilience and “broken wing” syndrome – Business.
Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 13. Emotional Resilience and “broken wing” syndrome – Business. Emotional Resilience = coping with stress and minimising anxiety. Epidemic. Broken Wing Syndrome = parent(s) protecting weaker children. Contributed to by genetics, home, school & social environments, birth order, parenting skills, domineering parent(s) and […]
Read MoreFamily Business Conflict Video No 12: Emotional Resilience 1 – Broken Wing Syndrome. By Jon Kenfield
Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 12. Emotional Resilience and “broken wing” syndrome – Parents & Family. Emotional Resilience = coping with stress and minimising anxiety. Epidemic. Broken Wing Syndrome = parent(s) protecting weaker children. Contributed to by genetics, home, school & social evironments, birth order, parenting skills, domineering […]
Read MoreFamily Business Conflict Video No 11: Emotional Resilience 1 – Broken Wing Syndrome. By Jon Kenfield.
Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 11: Emotional Resilience 1 – Broken Wing Syndrome- Individuals. Emotional Resilience = coping with stress and minimising anxiety. Epidemic. Broken Wing Syndrome = parent(s) protecting weaker children. Contributed to by genetics, home, school & social environments, birth order, parenting skills, domineering parent(s) and/or […]
Read MoreFamily Business Conflict Video No 10: Behavioural Issues. By Jon Kenfield. Solutionist.
Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 10: Behavioural Issues. Behaviours outside the normal /acceptable bell curve create tension and disruption / dysfunction. Family infects business & vice versa. Solution: psych assessments, coaching & mentoring. Defined performance and behavioural expectations.
Read MoreFamily Business Conflict Video No 9: Relationship Interplay’s. By Jon Kenfield. Solutionist.
Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 9: Relationship Interplay’s. Family Business continues relationship pressures present in the family into the business – very different contexts with antagonistic drivers. Family hierarchy: starts age-based, increasingly personality-based. Family Business hierarchy: starts age-based, personality-based, power-based (rather than merit-based) (family/business lifecycle). Solution: Mediation if […]
Read MoreFamily Business Conflict Video No 8: Divorce & Separation. By Jon Kenfield. Solutionist.
Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 8: Divorce & Separation. Relationship failure rates over 50% – no wonder that fear of separation has become a common justification for not transferring equity to successors. Being in a family business places extra strain on marriages – parents continue to have influence […]
Read MoreFamily Business Conflict Video No 7: Equal Isn’t Equitable. By Jon Kenfield. Solutionist.
Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 7: Equal Isn’t Equitable. One of the most common causes of family business conflict comes from confusing equality (same treatment) with equity (fair treatment). At first blush, it’s hard to argue with the view: “Because I love my children equally, I must treat […]
Read MoreFamily Business Conflict Video No 6: In Laws, Outlaws & Extended, Blended Families. By Jon Kenfield.
Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 6: In Laws, Outlaws & Extended, Blended Families. Increasingly complicated family structures. Family policy: inclusion / exclusion? Communication breakdowns. Partners are loyal to their micro-family units. Pillow talk and nagging disrupts agreements developed. Solution: agree family policy for inclusion / exclusion (prepare to […]
Read MoreFamily Business Conflict Video No 5: Fossilised Leaders. By Jon Kenfield. Solutionist.
Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 5: Fossilised Leaders. Living longer, later retirement: personal / financial / alternatives. Increasing numbers of businesses led by older people 70+. Some good, many bad. Fossilised: all faculties, more risk-averse, less agile and able to make important decisions. No desire for change. Successors […]
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