Jon Kenfield, Author at The Solutionist Group

Family Business Mediator Video No 16: Family Systems & Skills – Communication. By Jon Kenfield.

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 16. Family Systems & Skills – Communication. It’s common to blame lack of, or breakdown in, communication for causing conflict. This is total rubbish and causes enormous problems when hope, time and effort are put into fixing symptoms, rather than causes. Individuals may […]

Family Business Conflict Video No 15 Emotional Baggage. By Jon Kenfield. Solutionist.

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 15. Emotional Baggage. Root cause of many family business conflicts can be traced back/attributed to actual and perceived actions/inactions that created negative emotional impacts that have generated substantial emotional investment over many years to become emotional baggage that individuals carry around with them, […]

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. […]

Family 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 […]

Family 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 […]

Family 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 […]

Family 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.

Family 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 […]

Family 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 […]

Family 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 […]