Building a Successful Family Business Board: A Guide for Leaders, Directors, and Families

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J. Pendergast J. Ward

Building a Successful Family Business Board

A Guide for Leaders, Directors, and Families

J. Pendergast, J. Ward, Kenneth A. Loparo

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Palgrave Macmillan
08 March 2011

Business strategy; Boards & directors: role & responsibilities

Series: A Family Business Publication

In Building a Successful Family Business Board , the authors show why private firms need the in-depth expertise and objective feedback that a well-chosen board, including qualified independent directors, can provide, and demonstrates how owners and directors can work together to ensure a long and profitable life for the firm.

By: J. Pendergast, J. Ward, Kenneth A. Loparo
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 582g
ISBN: 9780230111547
ISBN 10: 0230111548
Series: A Family Business Publication
Pages: 263
Publication Date: 08 March 2011
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Independent Boards of Directors and Family Business: Introduction to a Powerful Alliance Truth and Myths About Boards Meeting the Challenge The Role of the Board in the Family Business The Special Value of Independent Directors to the Family Business The Vital Role of the Board in Family Business Continuity Planning Designing the Board Finding and Selecting Directors Managing the Board Making The Most of Your Board Linking Family and Business Governance in Later Generations How You Can Contribute As a Director Close: Our Call to Action Appendices

JENNIFER M. PENDERGAST Senior Consultant of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. She specializes in strategic planning, family and business governance, family office structure, and facilitation. 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. STEPHANIE BRUN DE PONTET Associate of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. She specializes in building effective ownership teams and advising family enterprises facing important transitions.

Reviews for Building a Successful Family Business Board: A Guide for Leaders, Directors, and Families

""This book is an outstanding collection of ""best practices"" as well as many new concepts. It both validated existing methods and introduced fresh ideas for the Advisory Board of my 102 year-old family business."" - Ron Saslow, President & CEO of Hu-Friedy Manufacturing Company ""Several years ago, as Welch Allyn struggled to transition from the 3rd to the 4th generation of family ownership, John Ward visited our company, and personally advised us through the next phase in our evolution as a family business. Now, John has collaborated with Jennifer Pendergast and Stephanie Brun de Pontet to produce a book detailing the benefits of evolving the family business in both ownership and governance structure, to ensure that the family business can not just survive, but thrive, for many generations beyond the founder. Their first hand experience can provide valuable insights to any family business concerned with smooth and successful transitions between generations. As my company celebrates our 95th of family ownership, we are grateful for the lessons shared by John, Jennifer, and Stephanie in this book."" - Eric R. Allyn, Welch Allyn, Inc. ""An active independent board is the single greatest resource for the modern family business and have become essential to the success of family businesses in our globally competitive world. This guide shows how to blend committed family members with talented non-family directors to produce an effective, independent board and flourishing family business. Great boards sustain great companies."" - Lanse Crane, Chairman and CEO of Crane & Co. ""One of the significant weaknesses in a family business is the lack of the type of honest, objective feedback which is provided by a thoughtfully constructed Board of Directors. These authors have provided an extremely valuable resource for family business owners which not only provides the rational for utilizing boards but the equally important ""how to"" implement this process."" - Lee Hausner, Managing Director First Foundation Advisors