Consulting to Family Businesses

This volume in the Practicing of Organization Development Series, provides consultants with a practical guide to family business consulting that is based on sound theoretical material. It provides a roadmap to effective change management for working with family businesses. Working with family businesses differs in many significant ways from consulting with non-family firms. How can you grow your consulting practice and develop the skills needed to work successfully with family businesses? Jane Hilburt-Davis and W. Gibb Dyer— two of the country's foremost experts in the field of family business— offer in one comprehensive volume a systematic approach for developing the skills and competencies you need to consult with these unique systems. This practical, hands-on resource shows you how to manage each stage of the consulting process— from the first contact to the last— and reveals how to plan strategically and deal with the complex relationship issues that are commonplace in family businesses. Jane Hilburt-Davis and W. Gibb Dyer-- two of the country's foremost experts in the field of family business-- offer in one comprehensive volume a systematic approach for developing the skills and competencies you need to consult with these unique systems. This practical, hands-on resource shows you how to manage each stage of the consulting process-- from the first contact to the last-- and reveals how to plan strategically and deal with the complex relationship issues that are commonplace in family businesses.