Family Business Resource Center

Casting Your Vote: 8 Decision-Making Techniques to Minimize Conflict

This article discusses how family members can use various voting methods for a fair decision-making process. Depending on your specific needs, the voting techniques outlined may be used independently or together.

Thriving or Trapped in the Family Business

The article, “Thriving or Trapped in the Family Business,” by Michael Klein suggests that the best thing family businesses can do for family members working in the business is to ensure individual growth and satisfaction is nurtured daily.

Webinar: Finding the Right Level of Conflict in Your Family Business

Presented by the First Bank Center for Family-Owned Businesses and Josh Baron of Harvard Business School and BanyanGlobal Family Business Advisors, the webinar, “Finding the Right Level of Conflict in Your Family Business” discusses how family businesses can manage conflict to find a “Goldilocks Zone.”

Webinar: Navigating The Hidden Dangers In a Family Business

The First Bank Center For Family-Owned Businesses held a webinar on navigating the hidden dangers in a family business.

Four Tips on Balancing Family Business Decision Making

Making decisions for any business can be cumbersome, but in particular for family businesses. Because the family is woven into the business, some decisions can hold more weight. Here are four tips to help you balance the business with family business decision making.

Webinar: The Right Way and Wrong Way to Resolve Conflict

The Center for Family-Owned Businesses held a webinar on Tuesday, March 9th covering the right way and the wrong way to resolve conflict in a family business.