Family businesses : the essentials / Peter Leach ; foreword by Roger Pedder

Includes bibliographical references and index

Why family businesses are special -- Family business dynamic: people, systems and growing complexity -- The family's relationship with the business: developing a strategic vision and building teamwork -- The next generation: human resource management and leadership perspectives -- Getting help: making the most of outside resources -- Professionalising the boardroom: the role of a balanced board of directors -- Cousin companies: family governance in multigenerational family firms -- Managing succession: the leadership challenge -- Building financial security and relinquishing control -- Wealth management: family offices and philanthropy

Fresh, updated and more sharply focused, packed wtih real-life case studies, and drawing on the author's extensive research into thousands of family businesses, this is essential guidance for every stage of a family business's development.

Previous ed.: London: Kogan Page, 1999