Monday, August 31, 2015

TheTop Nine Reasons Family Businesses Fail

With Wayne Rivers
 of
Family Business Institute

The Top Nine Reasons Family Businesses Fail And The Eight Building Blocks for Creating a SUSTAINABLE Closely Held Company is a groundbreaking work based on decades of working with family and closely held companies.  Wayne has created a “how to” for not only surviving but PROSPERING over the years.  This discussion will challenge you to objectively assess where you are as a business and to push through the barriers, which keep you from reaching your dreams.  You’ll learn about:

• The top nine reasons family businesses fail
• What steps to take to survive the recession
• The MAGIC BULLET solution for simultaneously achieving better family harmony AND greater business success
• Why having a clearly defined vision is vital
• Why self-management is a challenge for the majority of entrepreneurs – and what to do about it
• Why it’s so hard to attract and retain talented people
• How to develop marketing and sales systems for taking your company to a new level
• How to better manage your business family to achieve maximum harmony
• Why “running the business” is a much more important element of success than you think it is

Read an Excerpt from Wayne’s Book:
The Top Nine Reasons Family Businesses Fail And The Eight Building Blocks for Creating a SUSTAINABLE Closely Held Company

Wayne Rivers: Wayne is the co-founder and President of The Family Business Institute, Inc.  He has
authored three books on the subject of business families:  The Top Nine Reasons Family Businesses Fail – And the Eight Building Blocks for Creating a SUSTAINABLE Closely Held Business, Prescriptions for a Healthy Family Business, and You Don’t Have To Die To Win – Success and Succession For Family Businesses.  Wayne has appeared on the TODAY show, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, "BusinessWeek: WEEKEND" and on the Retirement Living Network.  He is also a Wall Street Journal Expert Panelist.

Wayne has also been honored as a Fellow of the Family Firm Institute with the designation of ACFBA – Advanced Certificate in Family Business Advising.


Join The Network of Family Businesses for this Webinar on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time, with Wayne.

                                                                        For additional information email: steve@netfamilybusiness.com