50 Common Causes of Family Business Conflict ... and how to deal with them

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 over children - wouldn’t happen in outside employment. 

• Solution:  Family Constitution requires BFAs + Trust structured ownership.