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

Family Business Mediator Audio 18. Family Systems & Skills - Decision Making.  By Jon Kenfield. Solutionist.  

• Issues with decision-making are a major cause of conflict in many business families, both in the family and in the business.  

• Charismatic business leaders can get drunk on power, which may lead to suboptimal business decisions and seriously dysfunctional family decisions.  

• A major cause of conflict lies in decisions that appear to have been made collectively, and are then unilaterally overruled. Family members and employees can lose all faith in the process.  

• Solution: provide the family and/or the business with a decision-making workshop leading to the adoption of a settled problem-solving and decision-making process.  

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