Succession planning, family conflict, family meetings, and even business structure for a family business: all of these are topics that are the tip of the iceberg for helping families business succeed. Not to mention estate planning, buy and sell agreements, governance, shareholders, non family managers and board of directors. Realistically, most of these are issues that must be tackled as a process. They need more then just a one time meeting and write something up. Proper family business planning can take years when there are no issues. Realistically only 3% of the cases go to the third generation. Get real. Most family businesses are needing some education about the process. Get it at www.fambus.org.
