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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 6: In Laws, Outlaws & Extended, Blended Families. Increasingly complicated family structures. Family policy: inclusion / exclusion? Communication breakdowns. Partners are loyal to …

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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 5: Fossilised Leaders. Living longer, later retirement: personal / financial / alternatives. Increasing numbers of businesses led by older people 70+. Some good, many bad. Fossilised: …

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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 4: Unmet Expectations & Broken Promises. Common cause of one-on-one conflict, family cliques. One day my son/daughter, indentured slave. Repressive power play? Financial necessity? …

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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 3: Human Diversity, Ages & Stages. Session #2 = Psychometric Identification of Personality. Personal & Family tensions through differences that can be positive or negative. Fam …

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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Conflict & How to Deal with Them. Video 2: The Effects of Personality Differences on Family Businesses. Common threads and differences. Genetics, generations, ages & stages. Family hierarchy – genetic cloning. Compatible …

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Posted on August 14, 2019 by Jon Kenfield

Common Causes of Family Business Conflict – and how to deal with them. Family Business – blessing or curse? Tied in. No escape. Good = unstoppable. Bad = disaster for health, wealth & happiness. Focus (purpose), Structures & Systems required. A …

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Posted on November 20, 2018 by Family Business Institute

Why Business Families Fail  (and what advisers can do to prevent disaster:  5 key strategies that can really make a difference). Facilitator:  Jon Kenfield, The Solutionist Group (FBI Founder and author of “The Solutionist Guide to Family Business”). O …

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Posted on November 19, 2018 by Family Business Institute

Q:  How can a family survive when Dad’s missing-in-action and Mum can’t, or won’t, step up? A:  Call for Uncle Bob. I was thinking about Mark (70) and Paula (68) and their family, just the other day. Let me tell you their story. Mark and Paula started …

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Posted on November 19, 2018 by Family Business Institute

Conflict (noun) = a form of protracted discord between individuals or groups. Conflict (verb) =  to clash emotionally, intellectually, materially or physically. Conflict is a form of energy that can be focussed, or unfocussed, on its inbound and outbou …

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Posted on June 1, 2018 by Family Business Institute

Presented by: Ross Anderson, Coaching & Leadership International and FBI Faculty We continue to explore the psychological forces at work in business families that prevent technically “correct and appropriate” advice from being implemented. Ross has …

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