You don't need us to educate families about the business and financial issues ahead. You already do that. You do their estate planning. You facilitate their succession planning. Our contribution comes when that work is blocked; your clients are in family conflict, or paralyzed by fear of conflict. Or the family's ability to work together depends on one or more members getting psychological help--you need assessment and referrals to appropriate educational or clinical resources. Nearly all the examples on the Work page describe our collaboration with other advisors. Sometimes Ken plays just a brief, specific role (facilitating one meeting, for example; or counseling one branch of a family). In other cases he has become a long term member of the advisory team. He may consult to advisory teams without working directly with their clients. Ken's book, The Dynamics of Family Business

Journal Articles for Professional Advisors, reprinted in The Dynamics of Family Business Penetrating the Cycle of Sustained Conflict. Family Business Review, April 1991 The Kid Brother. Family Business Review, Fall 1992 When the Family Business is a Sickness. Family Business Review, Winter 1996 Comment on Mediation. Family Business Review, Winter 1997 Happy Landings: The Opportunity to Fly Again" Family Business Review, 1998 Mate Selection and Family Business Success Family Business Review, 1999 Roles of Trust in Consulting to Financial Families Family Business Review, 2004

Complete list of Ken's 28 published articles about family business dynamics

For psychologists who do therapy, consulting, or research on the psychosocial dynamics of family business, an annual conference: PDFB Conference. Finally, the WEBLOG "Family Business Matters" is a separate site inviting you to dialogue (signed or anonymous, as you prefer) with other professional advisors and family business stakeholders.