Table of Contents for "Keep the Family Baggage Out of the Family Business:  Avoiding the Seven Deadly Sins That Destroy Family Businesses"

Chapter 1: Why You Need to Read This Book

Part IV explores problems that arise just because the business is a family business. It begins with problems caused by non-family members (i.e., managers and employees), followed by chapters focusing on problems caused by family members exerting unwanted influence over the business and other types of baggage-related obstacles. The final chapter highlights problems that are unique to businesses owned and operated by newly arrived immigrants.

This chapter focuses on the phenomenon of having numerous people involve themselves in the family's business. The people who most frequently exert unwanted influence are presented along with the forms of their involvement, the implications and problems this involvement creates for the business and the people in it, and recommendations on how to prevent these problems from occurring.