Here are some ideas of tough topics that you may need to face one day.
Use this list to inspire conversations and gain perspectives on different views in your family.
How can we try to keep work issues at the office and not let them interfere with our personal relationships?
Who will end up taking over the business?
Will the business stay in the fmaily?
How do we hire new staff? Can anyone in the family join the business? Who is considered family?
How will we welcome in-laws and introduce them to our family culture? Will they be integrated in the business and to what extent?
How do we determine salaries and benefits?
Who owns the family business?
Is it based on entitlement or merit?
How are titles defined?
Who has decision making power?
How would we deal with reconstructed family dynamics?
What if two siblings one day want the same executive position?
What is our contingency plan or method to deal with financial loss from our business?
What happens when someone has a baby?
Is sick over a long period of time?
Takes on a personal project abroad?
