Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO): Strategies for Conflict Mitigation and Resolution in the Family Business

Presenter: Blair Trippe, Managing Partner

Summary: Poorly managed family conflict is the biggest threat to family business; it impacts both the business performance and important family relationships.  Learning to manage this unique type of conflict is the most critical success factor for families that share business or other assets. Participants will leave understanding why conflicts in families that own and manage companies and/or share assets are so common, and why failing to understand and manage conflict poses such a great threat to both the enterprise and the family.