Best Selling Family Business and EOS® Books
Business is Business: Reality Checks for Family Owned Companies
By Kathy Kolbe and Amy Bruske. When the family complicates the already daunting task of owning a business, and it’s tough not to take work problems home with you. The best approach is to realize that family is family… and business is business. This common-sense manual for survival dispels myths such as the power of teamwork and gender or birth order differences in ability. A must read or family owned business leaders.
By Kathy Kolbe and Amy Bruske. When the family complicates the already daunting task of owning a business, and it’s tough not to take work problems home with you. The best approach is to realize that family is family… and business is business. This common-sense manual for survival dispels myths such as the power of teamwork and gender or birth order differences in ability. A must read or family owned business leaders.
Kathy Kolbe and Amy Bruske have given us a primer on how to create thriving family businesses that can flex and grow with each new generation. If you are running a family business, or thinking of taking the leap, this book will be your essential guide.
Marcus Buckingham, New York Times best-selling author of First, Break All the Rules and Stand Out 2.0.
All family-owned businesses are going to have ups and downs–but with Kathy Kolbe and Amy Bruske as your guides, your potential for success is greater than ever. Read Business is Business, and you’ll see what I mean.
Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The New One Minute Manager and Collaboration Begins with You
Keep The Family Baggage out of the Family Business: Avoiding the Seven Deadly Sins that Destroy Family Businesses.
Quentin J, Fleming has written a insightful must read for those actively involved in family business. They epitomize the best of the American dream: you work hard, you’re your own boss, you leave a lasting legacy to your children — or do you? Statistics show that only 30% survive to the second generation and a paltry 10% survive the third. Family businesses are in trouble and their survival is crucial to us all. Fleming presents practical and accessible advice geared to the average business owner or employee. An invaluable read!
Quentin J, Fleming has written a insightful must read for those actively involved in family business. They epitomize the best of the American dream: you work hard, you’re your own boss, you leave a lasting legacy to your children — or do you? Statistics show that only 30% survive to the second generation and a paltry 10% survive the third. Family businesses are in trouble and their survival is crucial to us all. Fleming presents practical and accessible advice geared to the average business owner or employee. An invaluable read!
Having a family-owned business can be more challenging that driving at 200 mph. This book is a roadmap that helps businesses win the race.
Parnelli Jones, President and CEO Sports VIP’s Inc. and former winner of the Indy 500
Speaking from personal experience, such practical, humorous and insightful wisdom should be required reading for ambitious family businesses.
Dr. Steven R. Covey, Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business
By Gino Wickman. Don’t let common problems and frustrations run you and your business. Get a grip and gain control with the Entrepreneurial Operating System. Inside Traction, you’ll learn the secrets of strengthening the Six Key Components of your business. You’ll discover simple yet powerful ways to run your company that will give you and your leadership team more focus, more growth, and more enjoyment. A must read for every serious entrepreneur .
By Gino Wickman. Don’t let common problems and frustrations run you and your business. Get a grip and gain control with the Entrepreneurial Operating System. Inside Traction, you’ll learn the secrets of strengthening the Six Key Components of your business. You’ll discover simple yet powerful ways to run your company that will give you and your leadership team more focus, more growth, and more enjoyment. A must read for every serious entrepreneur .
The concepts and tools that have been masterfully captured in the pages of this book have provided some of the magic that has helped us grow our business 300% over the last five years. Don’t miss it!
Craig Erlich CEO pulse220
TRACTION is far and away the most potent and useful approach I’ve ever seen for running a successful company. The content is bulletproof! You have to read this book.
Vince Poscente Author, The Age of Speed
Get a Grip: An Entrepreneurial Fable
By Gino Wickman and Mike Paton. Eileen Sharp and Vic Hightower were frustrated. After years of profitable, predictable growth, Swan Services was in a rut. Meetings were called and discussions held, but few decisions were made and even less got done. People were pointing fingers and assigning blame, but nothing happened to solve Swan’s mounting problems. It felt as though they were working harder than ever, but with less impact. The company Eileen and Vic had founded and built for 10 years was a different place. It just wasn’t fun anymore. Their story is not unusual. The challenges they were facing are common, predictable, and solvable. Get A Grip tells the story of how Swan Services resolves their issues by implementing the Entrepreneurial Operating System®, a real-world toolkit used by thousands of existing businesses. With the help of EOS, Eileen, Vic, and their leadership team master a set of simple concepts and practical tools that help them get their growing business – and their lives – back on track.
By Gino Wickman and Mike Paton. Eileen Sharp and Vic Hightower were frustrated. After years of profitable, predictable growth, Swan Services was in a rut. Meetings were called and discussions held, but few decisions were made and even less got done. People were pointing fingers and assigning blame, but nothing happened to solve Swan’s mounting problems. It felt as though they were working harder than ever, but with less impact. The company Eileen and Vic had founded and built for 10 years was a different place. It just wasn’t fun anymore. Their story is not unusual. The challenges they were facing are common, predictable, and solvable. Get A Grip tells the story of how Swan Services resolves their issues by implementing the Entrepreneurial Operating System®, a real-world toolkit used by thousands of existing businesses. With the help of EOS, Eileen, Vic, and their leadership team master a set of simple concepts and practical tools that help them get their growing business – and their lives – back on track.
After reading Get A Grip … I see clearly how implementing his Entrepreneurial Operating System could truly transform a business and put it on the road to greatness. This book will change your company—and your life.
Bo Burlingham, Editor-at-Large of Inc. Magazine; Author of Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big
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