Carmel Institute for Family Business  
     

 

Reconciling Relationships and Preserving the Family Business, Tools for Success

 
Ruth McClendon, MSW
Leslie B. Kadis, MD
Carmel Institute for Family Business, Carmel, California
   
Reviews  
“HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. A practical survival guide that should be REQUIRED READING for anyone thinking of creating or currently involved in a family business, whether they be family members, professional advisors, or non-family member managers. OUTSTANDING. . . . EXCELLENT. . . . Written by well-respected mental health professionals in a jargon-free style that should prove informative and refreshing to the general reader. The authors have consulted worldwide to diverse family-owned businesses.”  
Robert E. Hales, MD, MBA, Joe P. Tupin Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Davis School of Medicine, University of California, Sacramento  
   
“YOU WILL NEVER LOOK AT A FAMILY BUSINESS THE SAME WAY AFTER READING THIS EXTRAORDINARY BOOK! Open your mind and your heart and allow Ruth McClendon and Les Kadis to courageously guide you along the previously uncharted path of reconciliation in family business. With wisdom, clarity, and enlightenment, they tackle the daunting task of bringing about lasting change and reconciliation in damaged or traumatized relationships in family businesses. After reading this book, you will understand the complexity of the obligations, loyalties, and responsibilities each family business member faces; how to define the necessary characteristics of future leaders for the business rather than selecting favored children; and how to tackle thorny boundary issues of who is in and who is out (in-laws/stepchildren).”  
Ellyn Bader, PhD, Co-Director, The Couples Institute, Menlo Park, California  
   
“THE AUTHORS THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES, JOYS, AND STRUGGLES OF MELDING FAMILY AND BUSINESS CONCERNS. When you enter the world of secrets, hidden agendas, power plays, and revenge, you have entered the realm of family business. You will need effective tools and a trusty guide. This book is it. Your clients will be grateful you took the effort to read this book.”  
Peter Pearson, PhD, Co-Director, The Couples Institute, Menlo Park, California  

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