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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 17. Family Systems & Skills – Problem Solving. Some families are naturally collaborative and engaging, others rely on key decision-makers to make some or all decisions. In the firs …

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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 16. Family Systems & Skills – Communication. It’s common to blame lack of, or breakdown in, communication for causing conflict. This is total rubbish and causes enormous problems w …

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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 15. Emotional Baggage. Root cause of many family business conflicts can be traced back/attributed to actual and perceived actions/inactions that created negative emotional impacts that …

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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 14. Parenting Styles & Practices. Root cause of many family business conflicts can be traced back/attributed to parenting styles (behaviours), and parenting practices (emotional co …

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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 13. Emotional Resilience and “broken wing” syndrome – Business. Emotional Resilience = coping with stress and minimising anxiety. Epidemic. Broken Wing Syndrome = parent(s) protecting …

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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 11: Emotional Resilience 1 – Broken Wing Syndrome- Individuals. Emotional Resilience = coping with stress and minimising anxiety. Epidemic. Broken Wing Syndrome = parent(s) protecting …

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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 10: Behavioural Issues. Behaviours outside the normal /acceptable bell curve create tension and disruption / dysfunction. Family infects business & vice versa. Solution: psych asse …

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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 9: Relationship Interplay’s. Family Business continues relationship pressures present in the family into the business – very different contexts with antagonistic drivers. Family hierar …

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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 8: Divorce & Separation. Relationship failure rates over 50% – no wonder that fear of separation has become a common justification for not transferring equity to successors. Being …

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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 7: Equal Isn’t Equitable. One of the most common causes of family business conflict comes from confusing equality (same treatment) with equity (fair treatment). At first blush, it’s ha …

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