Family Meetings

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 3-4

3. The Value of Family Meetings

   • Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 5-6

4. Unfounded Fears

   • Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 7-15

5. Ten Benefits of Effective Family Meetings

   • Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 17-37

6. How to Hold Effective Meetings

   • Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 39-69

7. Some Milestones Reached through Family Meetings

   • Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

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8. Summary

   • Craig E. Aronoff, John L. Ward

   Pages 85-86

9. Back Matter

   Pages 87-91

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Regular meetings help build a strong family. And a strong family has a much better chance at long term success. In Family Meetings, authors Aronoff and Ward show that holding regular meetings is one of most important ways of ensuring less conflict and more collaboration.

• business
• family business
• organization
• organizations
• success

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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