How to Choose and Use Advisors

1. Front Matter

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2. The Value of Good Advice

   • Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 1-10

3. Why So Few Business Owners Get and Accept Good Advice

   • Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 11-18

4. Benchmarks in Advisory Service

   • Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 19-44

5. Red Flags

   • Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 45-55

6. Finding and Choosing an Advisor

   • Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 57-64

7. Managing and Evaluating Advisors

   • Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 65-78

8. Summary

   • Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 79-81

9. Back Matter

   Pages 83-89

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In How to Choose and Use Advisors , authors Aronoff and Ward establish benchmarks for excellent advisory services and they show business owners how to benefit from advice ranging from legal and financial to executive search and organizational development.

• business
• business strategy
• entrepreneurship
• family business
• management
• organization
• organizations
• service
• small business

'There is little more important to a family firm than selecting an advisor who will quickly earn the trust and confidence of family members. The process is fraught with danger. In How to Choose and Use Advisors: Getting the Best Professional Family Business Advice, it is refreshing to see such a thoughtful and incisive treatment of this complex issue. Ward and Aronoff have masterfully succeeded.' - John R. Berry, Hendrick & Struggles, Managing Partner, Global Family Business Practice, Chicago, IL

'I found How to Choose and Use Advisors: Getting the Best Professional Family Business Advice well organized, well written, insightful, and to the point. It is an excellent resource for family business owners. This is a must for those who are in the business of providing advice to family businesses.' - Howard Neiman, CPA, Partner, Babush, Neiman, Kornman & Johnson, LLP Certified Public Accountants, Atlanta, GA

'Each Family Business Leadership Series booklet is packed cover-to-cover with expert guidance, solid information and ideas that work.' - Alan Campbell, CFO, Campbell Motel Properties, Inc, Brea, CA

CRAIG E. ARONOFF Co-founder, Principal, and Chairman of the Board of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc., the founder of the Cox Family Enterprise Center and current Professor Emeritus at Kennesaw State University, USA. He invented and implemented the membership-based, professional-service-provider sponsored Family Business Forum, which has served as a model of family business education for universities world-wide.

JOHN L. WARD Co-founder of the Family Business Consulting Group Inc. He is Clinical Professor at the Kellogg School of Management, USA, and teaches strategic management, business leadership and family enterprise continuity.

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