Consulting to Family Businesses: Contracting, Assessment, and Implementation

by William G. Dyer, Jane Hilburt-Davis, W. Gibb Dyer Jr.

Book Overview

Jane Hilburt-Davis and W. Gibb Dyer-- two of the country's foremost experts in the field of family business-- offer in one comprehensive volume a systematic approach for developing the skills and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078796249X
• ISBN13: 9780787962494
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Pfeiffer
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

From the only FB major in the US

I teach the so-called Capstone course in our family business major at Stetson University. When I surveyed the books available on consulting with family businesses, this one stood out. In terms of its clarity, accessibility, and credibility, it was clear that the author had lived this. I consult, but trying to find a book that conveyed the craft in such an authentic style was a geniune surprise. Well done!!

Great Guide for Family Business Professionals

Dyer and Hilburt-Davis offer outstanding strategies and recommendations from their vast experience and intimate knowledge working with family businesses. This book is an excellent resource for all professionals who advise family businesses.

A must-read!

Consulting to Family Businesses is a MUST-READ for anyone who works with family-owned businesses. The book's format makes it easy to read and to find needed information. Its content, which is nut-and-bolts practical, will benefit both experienced hands as well as "newbies."

This is an extraordinary resource for family business owners

Jane Hilburt-Davis and Gibb Dyer have made a significant contribution to the emerging field of family business consultation. They deliver good practical advice along with thoughtful insight about the pushes and pulls that families feel as their companies grow and thrive. In the short time I've owned this book I've had to move it closer and closer to the "most used" section on my book shelf. Clearly these authors do hands-on consultation everyday, know what they're doing, but have also thought about how to share their ideas with family business owners and other consultants. 'Very readable. It's just a great resource.

A Must for Family Business Consultants

This book is a true gift for those who are entering the field of advising to family businesses or those who have been at it for years. It is comprehensive and thoughtful, a true benchmark for the subject of the consulting process with family owned busineses.