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Leadership Coaching in Family Businesses

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Coach and Couch

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Consultants and coaches brought in to help resolve a family business dilemma are often faced with an enigma wrapped in a riddle. As advisers, do we privilege the family perspective, and concern ourselves first with emotional issues and the well-being of family members? Or should we focus on the organizational context, putting the highest priority on strategic planning and financial concerns for the business? There are no easy answers. Working with families who own or control businesses is more of an art than a science, requiring skills that each coach or adviser must develop for him- or herself through study, experience, and reflection.

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  1. Randel S. Carlock
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. INSEAD, France

    Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries (Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change) & Elizabeth Florent-Treacy (Senior Lecturer and INSEAD Dutch Alumni Research Fellow in Leadership, Diversity and Governance) (Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change) &  (Senior Lecturer and INSEAD Dutch Alumni Research Fellow in Leadership, Diversity and Governance)

  2. INSEAD, Singapore

    Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries (Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change) (Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change)

  3. INSEAD, Abu Dhabi

    Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries (Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change) (Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change)

  4. Center for Leadership Development Research, European School of Management and Technology, Germany

    Konstantin Korotov (Associate Professor and Director) (Associate Professor and Director)

  5. Lord Ashcroft International Business School, UK

    Caroline Rook (Senior Lecturer HRM and Leadership) (Senior Lecturer HRM and Leadership)

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Carlock, R.S. (2016). Leadership Coaching in Family Businesses. In: de Vries, M.F.R.K., Korotov, K., Florent-Treacy, E., Rook, C. (eds) Coach and Couch. INSEAD Business Press. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-56161-9_11

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