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Family education is a both a learning and team-building process. This book guides owners through the education process - from determining when to bring your family into the business, and how to train them, to what they could and should do outside the firm first - so they can bring outside experience into the family firm.

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PART I: FAMILY EDUCATION: THE FAMILY CORE
Introduction: The Power of Family Education
The Evolution of Family Education
Creating Your Curriculum
Getting Down to Logisitics
PART II: MEETING YOUR FAMILY´S PARTICULAR NEEDS
The Rodales: A Fourth-Generation Initiative
The Schmidts: Everything is Education
The Dean: Preserving One Family´s Legacy
PART III: THE FINISHING TOUCHES
Making Your Program a Success
Summary
Index

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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, an intensive, two-year program for next generation family business leaders that is part of the Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center.

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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