Effective Leadership in the Family Business, 2011 A Family Business Publication Series

Identifying and developing leaders in a family business can be more difficult than traditional business. Here Aronoff and Baskin discuss the different styles of leadership and what style might work with what family member including the Directing Leader, the Coaching Leader, the Counseling Leader and the Delegating Leader.

Introduction: Family Business Leadership is a Unique Proposition Wanted: An Assortment of Able Leaders Understanding the Demands of Leadership What Makes Leaders Effective? Where Leadership Comes From Never Underestimate the Power of Family Leadership Developing Tomorrow's Leaders Preparing Yourself for Leadership Following the Leader is Leadership, Too Overcoming Impediments to Leadership Summary Resources Suggested Additional Readings Notes The Authors Index

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.

OTIS W. BASKIN Associate of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc, Professor of Management at The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, USA, and the founding Director of the Family Business Forum at The University of Memphis.