Non-Family Employee

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Steve Legler

As a non-family member working for a family, are you concerned with some of the challenges they’re facing with the eventual generational transition?

As a key person, getting the right resources to the family is how you can best serve the family

Being a Non-Family Employee in Family Business

Working for a family can be fantastic, most of the time. But it comes with some interesting situations at times, and when you aren’t part of the family, it can get uncomfortable too.

When you see that some of the family relationships are not what they could be, you can try to help move things along the right way, but there are limits to what you can accomplish because of the position that puts you in.

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Sometimes the best thing you can do is bring in an outside resource like me to work with the family members, or maybe even just work with you to coach you through some of the challenges.

Let’s talk and find the best way for me to work with you for the good of the family and the business. You probably have enough on your plate doing your job, and solving family matters isn’t part of your job description.

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Non-family Member Employee Blog Posts

Families November 20, 2020

What Are You “Well” At?

Surprising Word Choice Proves Revealing. Regular readers know about my penchant for word play and finding lessons in unexpected…

Families October 30, 2020

A House / Home Metaphor for Family Legacy

Probably NOT What You’re Thinking Though. This week we’re looking at a metaphor that came into my head a couple of months ago…

Families October 16, 2020

Musings on Collaborating for a Win-Win-Win

No Single Advisor Can Do It All. Thinking back to when I had my calling to this work with families, one of the first realizations…

Non-family member October 9, 2020

Commanding Respect in a Family Enterprise

Something You Just Can’t Demand . When starting a blog post I often share the genesis of the idea for it, because I like to share…

Family Advice July 24, 2020

From Concentric to Non-Concentric Circles in FamBiz

A Story about Distributed Leadership. So many family businesses face similar issues, especially when they’re faced with the…

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5 Things to Know about About Purposeful Planning

5 things to know about asking for help for your Family Business

The Exponential Magic of Family Collaboration

Steve’s First Book on Family Business

Shift Your Family Business

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Testimonials

“If you own a family business and want to read a fun book on how to become a business family you will enjoy this one. It is written from the business owner perspective and is straightforward. I’ve shared my copy with a number of people.”

Michael C Valdez
Tampa, FLA

If you are in a Family Business or you deal with a Family Business, and you are so busy that you cannot see the forest because of the trees, I would highly recommend you take some time and read this book. It reads very quickly and feels as if you are having a conversation with a friend of the family who understands what you are going through because he has gone through it with his own family. Very enlightening, very clear, and actually fun to read!

Tom Chinappi,
Canada via Amazon

I strongly recommend anyone that has a family business to read this book. Steve Legler will open your eyes as to what it takes to run a successful family business all while keeping family harmony. He provides lots of tips and advice in a way that is easy to understand. You can really feel his enthusiasm in the way he writes, and how he is committed to helping business families create the legacy and family spirit they really want.

Melissa Dawn,
Canada via Amazon