Requirement : To deliver a series of interactive workshops as part of a Business Link initiative to support family businesses.
Solution : Our workshops addressed specific issues in family businesses, where the contradictory demands of family and business can lead to confusion and even conflict. To overcome this, we explored ways to ‘professionalise’ the business and the roles within it.
Other key topics included succession, remuneration (according to role and responsibility), communication styles and management of people who are not family members. The workshops encouraged networking and information exchange between family businesses.
Outcome : A very successful project that was valued and appreciated by all who attended. One group organised a reunion and has continued to network after the event.
Typical comments included: ‘Very worthwhile and achieved all my objectives’, ‘Constructive and enjoyable’, ‘Good, well planned, effective’, ‘Made me think about my focus and where the business is going’.
An independent evaluation for Business Link rated the workshops ‘5 out of 5’.