Category: Conflict Management
NEW: Six-System Model
Six-System Model for Family BusinessDoug shared his Six-System Model for Family Business at his presentation to the Wharton Club of Boston. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend [...]
Family Enterprises – What Wharton Didn’t Teach
Doug gave a presentation on March 30 to the Wharton Club of Boston on Family Enterprises. He provided an overview of the latest thinking in family business systems as well as tales from the trenches of family business conflict and practical ideas of how to succeed in a family business. In addition, issues of shared [...]
Egypt: Next Generation
It’s impossible to know just what has been going through Mr. Mubarak’s mind these past weeks. Why did he hang on so long? What made him so intractable? How much long term damage was done to the country and its people by his actions? What made him finally step down? The parallels to family [...]
Oh, Brother! With Parents Aging, Squabbling Siblings Turn to Elder Mediation
Blair Trippe, Continuity’s Senior Consultant, was recently quoted in an article featured in the AARP online magazine. The article discusses the difficulty that arises when siblings are forced to make challenging decisions for their parents, which they can no longer make for themselves. Click the link below to check out this insightful article. http://www.aarp.org/relationships/family/info-09-2010/elder_mediation.html Bookmark [...]
Mediation in Family Businesses: Why it May Not be a Panacea After All
By Blair Trippe As an experienced mediator, I believe that mediation should always be considered to remedy disputes, especially when families are involved as it is less likely to destroy important relationships than litigation or continued animosity. In mediation, all parties have a voice at the table. In addition, each individual is respected as the [...]
Managing Conflict in a Family Business: An Introduction
By Douglas Baumoel Why is family business conflict so extreme, so intractable, and so difficult to manage? There are a wide range of conflict management tools, techniques and resources available, but these must be carefully chosen and applied to be effective. Often, conventional dispute resolution techniques, which seem logical and correct, have unfortunate outcomes when [...]
Managing Family Business Conflict: A Collaborative Approach
The current release of the Thomson/West Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Guide has a new chapter written by Douglas Baumoel, founder of Continuity Family Business Consulting: Managing Family Business Conflict: A Collaborative Approach The chapter examines the deep seated, systemic nature of family business conflict and the complicating factor of the continuing relationships which matter so [...]
