Unleash Your Family Business DNA

by Reg Athwal

Overview

Global family business advisor and authority Reg Athwal delivers the ultimate how-to guide, drawing upon his extensive global expertise and international research. Athwal shares with you the basics relevant to all first-generation entrepreneurs who are thinking about their next generation, combined with insights for well-established family firms who need to understand the pitfalls and legacy blockages that prevent 97% of family businesses from lasting beyond the fourth generation.

With Athwal's 26 years of combined experience in family business advisory, human capital management and entrepreneurship, he will ensure that you avoid the mistakes many family firms make, as he reveals his strategies, processes, systems and techniques to get it right and not leave it to random chance to build that 100-plus-year family business legacy.

In this book, you'll learn:
• About your "DNA profile" and how it impacts other family members, professional teams and your overall business
• How to build family structures and create the right job roles aligned to multigenerational challenges and your succession planning needs
• About the blockages that stop 97% of family businesses in creating a sustainable legacy
• How to build a family vision and values charter
• How to evaluate your human capital and build world-class dream teams with 90% accuracy, so your business assets continue to grow

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158851094
Publisher:	RTS Books
Publication date:	09/04/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Reg Athwal is the founding partner and MD of RTS Global Partners, the leading family business advisory firm in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia with 50-plus members in 8 countries, with headquarters in Dubai, UAE. He is a world-certified public speaker in family business and has delivered sessions to over 3 million people in 60 countries since 2002.

Editorial Reviews

"We have successfully worked with Reg to build our family business legacy and this book will guide
many families to do the same globally, so more than 3% survive past the fourth generation."

Dr. Harshad Mehta

"Reg has been instrumental in helping our family build robust structures and unleashing the DNA
of all our second- and third-generation members. His wisdom and expertise is well captured in this
book – a must read for any founder, entrepreneur and member of a multi-generational family firm."

Dr. Manoj Shah

"Fortunately, there are experts like Reg, who are speaking to family firms and working with them
around the world. This book will share insights from different family-owned businesses globally,
giving us all some useful tools to help guide us through the journey of building a family legacy."

Dr. Manu Chandaria

"This book is a valuable resource and guide for family members as founders or family firms already
approaching the second or third generation. In a simple manner, it captures the principles adopted
by many successful family firms. I hope you take time to read and study Reg's book to unleash your
family business DNA. Together we can all help many other families continue to build their legacies
and give back to the world we all live in."

Mr. Mishal Kanoo

"This book adds gravitas to an important dialogue on the best practices of sustainable family
businesses and Reg's global encounters gives him a unique vantage on this crucial topic."

Mr. Sajen Aswani