Description
Book SynopsisWho will lead your organization into the future? Have you created the systems to properly implement required succession transitions? Have you put the financial tools in place to fund the transition? Do you want a plan that connects with your personal and company core values? When do you include timely planning related to strategy and talent issues? What are the appropriate communication strategies for sharing your plan? What legal issues need consideration related to the strategy, financial, and people aspects of succession?
So, what is preventing you from starting this effort tomorrow? Small and family businesses are the bedrock of all businesses. More people are employed by small and family-owned businesses than by all multinational companies combined. Yet the research on small and family businesses is bleak: fewer than one-third of small business owners in the United States can afford to retire. Only 40% of small businesses have a workable disaster plan in case of the sudd
Table of Contents
Part I Deciding What to Do: Life and Career Planning for Small Business Owners and Family Leaders
Chapter 1: Considering Your Choices
Part II Planning for Succession in Small and Family Business
Chapter 2: Strategic Planning for Succession Sustainability
Chapter 3: Recruiting a Successor from Inside, Outside, or Utilizing Other Options for the Organization
Part III Special Issues in Small and Family Business Succession Planning
Chapter 4: Family-Owned Business Dynamics and Politics
Chapter 5: What Psychological Challenges Affect Small and Family Business Succession?
Chapter 6: Questions and Answers about Legal Issues in Small and Family Business Succession
Chapter 7: Valuing the Small and Family Business for Succession Planning
Chapter 8: Questions and Answers about Financial Planning Issues in Small and Family Business Succession
Chapter 9: Talent Management in Small and Family Businesses
Chapter 10: Transitioning the Business and Executing the Succession Plan
Appendix I Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Appendix II Resources About Small and Family Business Succession Planning
