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A Woman's Place

The Crucial Roles of Women in Family Business

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  • © 2011

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  1. Ann M. Dugan
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  2. Sharon P. Krone
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  3. Kelly LeCouvie
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  4. Jennifer M. Pendergast
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  5. Denise H. Kenyon-Rouvinez
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  6. Amy M. Schuman
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Part of the book series: A Family Business Publication (AFBP)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Family Firms on the Brink of Opportunity

    • Ann M. Dugan, Sharon P. Krone, Kelly LeCouvie, Jennifer M. Pendergast, Denise H. Kenyon-Rouvinez, Amy M. Schuman
    Pages 1-11

  3. Farewell, Primogeniture!

    • Ann M. Dugan, Sharon P. Krone, Kelly LeCouvie, Jennifer M. Pendergast, Denise H. Kenyon-Rouvinez, Amy M. Schuman
    Pages 13-26

  4. How Women Contribute

    • Ann M. Dugan, Sharon P. Krone, Kelly LeCouvie, Jennifer M. Pendergast, Denise H. Kenyon-Rouvinez, Amy M. Schuman
    Pages 27-58

  5. Finding the Right Balance: Work and Life

    • Ann M. Dugan, Sharon P. Krone, Kelly LeCouvie, Jennifer M. Pendergast, Denise H. Kenyon-Rouvinez, Amy M. Schuman
    Pages 59-84

  6. The Challenge to Couples

    • Ann M. Dugan, Sharon P. Krone, Kelly LeCouvie, Jennifer M. Pendergast, Denise H. Kenyon-Rouvinez, Amy M. Schuman
    Pages 85-100

  7. Becoming Financially Literate

    • Ann M. Dugan, Sharon P. Krone, Kelly LeCouvie, Jennifer M. Pendergast, Denise H. Kenyon-Rouvinez, Amy M. Schuman
    Pages 101-125

  8. Working with “Outsiders”

    • Ann M. Dugan, Sharon P. Krone, Kelly LeCouvie, Jennifer M. Pendergast, Denise H. Kenyon-Rouvinez, Amy M. Schuman
    Pages 127-135

  9. Women, Communication, and Leadership

    • Ann M. Dugan, Sharon P. Krone, Kelly LeCouvie, Jennifer M. Pendergast, Denise H. Kenyon-Rouvinez, Amy M. Schuman
    Pages 137-146

  10. Choices and Challenges

    • Ann M. Dugan, Sharon P. Krone, Kelly LeCouvie, Jennifer M. Pendergast, Denise H. Kenyon-Rouvinez, Amy M. Schuman
    Pages 147-154

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 155-167
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Through stories and interviews the authors explore the changing role women play in today's family business, looking at how to encourage and support women family members, to the challenges women face in finding the right balance between work and life, to the role spouses play in couples that work together.

About the authors

ANN DUGAN Associate of the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. and Founder, Executive Director, and Assistant Dean of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence, part of the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

SHARON P. KRONE former Senior Associate of the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. and the Facilitator of the Next Generation Leadership Institute at Loyola University, USA.

KELLY LECOUVIE Senior Associate of the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. She is a faculty member at the Schulich School of Business, York University, USA, and the author of Management and Organization Behaviour.
 
JENNIFER M. PENDERGAST Senior Associate of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc, and an experienced management consultant with an extensive background in the family firms having served from startup to Fortune 500 companies. She has also taught at Amory University's Goizueta Business School, Georgia Tech and The Wharton Business School.

DENISE H. KENYON-ROUVINEZ Senior Associate of the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc., based in Switzerland. She is a researcher, speaker, and consultant working with family businesses on governance issues.

AMY M. SCHUMAN Principal of the Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. and works with family businesses on leadership development, communication skills and team building. Amy was the founding facilitator of the Next Generation Leadership Institute, anintensive, two-year program for next generation family business leaders that is part of the Loyola University Chicago Family Business Centre, USA.

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