Recommended Resources:
WEBSITES
BOOKS
JOURNALS/ARTICLES
VIDEOS
WEBSITES
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- Academy of Management (AoM) : Journal Website
- American Accounting Association
- American Economic Association
- American Marketing Association
- B Corp Climate Collective
- B Corp Way : Matching Purpose-Driven Businesses with Leading B Corp Consultants
- B Lab International (B Corporation Certification)
- Business Families Foundation
- Business Horizons
- Business Insider
- Cambridge Family Enterprise Group (CFEG)
- Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
- Center for Audit Quality
- Conscious Company Media
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Secretary
- Diligent : Secure Collaboration for Boards and Teams
- Director Magazine
- Directors & Boards
- Edelman Marketing Consulting
- Edelman Trust Barometer
- Emerald Insight
- Entrepreneur Magazine
- Executive Compensation
- EY : Ernst & Young (Family Business Resource)
- Fambiz (Family Business Resources)
- Family Business Magazine
- Family Business Matters Consulting
- Family Business Review (Sage Publication)
- Family Business United (FBU)
- Family Business.org (The Practice and Science of Family Business)
- Family Capital (Global Family Enterprise Sector)
- Family Enterprise USA
- Family Firm Institute
- Financial Executives International
- Fortune
- Gartner : Consulting
- Harvard Business Review
- Institute of Directors
- International Association of Interviewers
- International Council for Small Business
- International Facility Management Association
- International Federation of Accountants
- IR Magazine
- Living Wage Network
- McCann & Associates : Family Business Expert
- National Association for Corporate Directors
- Net Impact Organization
- No FEAR Act : National Institues of Health : Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
- NTL Institute
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Predictable Futures Inc. : Family Business Centre
- Private Company Director
- Round Table Companies
- RTS Global Partners : One Family, One Legacy
- Sage Journals
- Sage Video
- Small Business Education Inc. (Non-Profit)
- SOCAP Global
- Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA)
- Society for Human Resource Management
- Strategic Finance Magazine (SFM)
- Strategic Management Insight
- Stratfor Global Intelligence
- Tharawat Magazine
- The Family Business Consulting Group
- The Family Enterprise Institute of South Carolina : Anderson University
- Trusted Advisor
- Women In Enterprise Families Initiative (WEFI)
BOOKS
Recommended Small & Family Business Publications & Resources:
| 101 Mission Statement from Top Companies | Abrahams, Jeffrey |
| Beyond Survival : Written for the Owner-Manager of a Successful Family Business | Dance, Lèon |
| Boards of Directors and the Privately Owned Firm | Ford, Roger |
| Building a Successful Family Business Board : A Guide for Leaders, Directors, and Families | Pendergast, Jennifer M. / Ward, John L. / De Ponetent, Stephanie Brun |
| Building Strong Family Teams : A Family Business Handbook | Family Business Magazine Editors |
| Compliance 101 | Troklus, Debbie & Vacca, Sheryl |
| Deconstructing Conflict : Understanding Family Business Shared Wealth and Power | Baumoel, Doug / Trippe, Blair |
| Developing Family Business Policies : Your Guide to the Future | Aaronoff, Craig / Astrachan, Joseph / Ward, John |
| Dirty Little Secrets of Family Business | Hutcheson, Henry Lee |
| Dismissal : There Is No Easy Way, But There Is A Better Way | Morin, William J. & Yorks, Lyle |
| Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at Work | Carlson, Richard |
| Essential Manager's Manual | Heller, Robert & Hindle, Tim |
| Essential Negotiation : An A-Z Guide | Kennedy, Gavin |
| Essentials for Board Directors : An A-Z Guide (2nd Edition) | Tricker, Bob |
| Every Manager's Desk Reference | Alpha |
| Family Assessment | Sperry, Len |
| Family Business As Paradox | Schuman, Amy / Stuts. Stacy / Ward, John. L |
| Family Business By The Numbers | Schwarz, Norbert E. |
| Family Business Compensation Handbook | Family Business Magazine Editors |
| Family Business Conflict Resolution Handbook | Family Business Magazine Editors |
| Family Business Governance | Aronoff, Craig E. & Ward, John L. |
| Family Business Growth Handbook | Family Business Magazine Editors |
| Family Business Leadership Handbook | Family Business Magazine Editors |
| Family Business Management Handbook | Family Business Magazine Editors |
| Family Business Mentoring Handbook | Family Business Magazine Editors |
| Family Business Ownership | Aronoff, Craig E., McClure, Stephen & Ward, John L. |
| Family Business Policies & Procedures Handbook | Family Business Magazine Editors |
| Family Business Shareholder's Handbook | Family Business Magazine Editors |
| Family Business Succession | Aronoff, Craig E., McClure, Stephen & Ward, John L. |
| Family Business Succession Handbook | Family Business Magazine Editors |
| Family Wars | Gordon, Grant & Nicholson, Nigel |
| Financial Decision Making : Concepts, Problems, & Cases 2nd Edition | Hampton, John J. |
| Financial Management of Your Family Company : A Family Business Handbook | Family Business Magazine Editors |
| From Partners by Chance to Partners by Choice : Building Trust-based Partnerships with Siblings and Cousins | Family Business Consulting Group |
| From Siblings to Cousins | Aronoff, Craig |
| How Families Work Together : A Family Business Publication | Whiteside, Mary / Aronoff, Craig / Ward, John |
| How to Be a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer | Grant-Hart, Kristy |
| How To Plan & Conduct A Successful Meeting | Gordon, Myron Ph.D. |
| Human Resources In The Family Business : Maximizing The Power Of Your People | Ransburg, David / Sage-Hayward, Wendy / Schuman, Amy M. |
| Judgment in Managerial Decision Making | Bazerman & Moore |
| Keep the Family Baggage Out of the Family Business | Fleming, Quentin |
| Leading a Family Business : Best Practices for Long-Term Stewardship | Craig, Justin B, PhD / Moores, Ken, PhD |
| Lean Six Sigma : Business Transformation for Dummies | Burghall, Roger / Grant, Vince / Morgan, John |
| Management : The Revised Edition | Drucker, Peter F. |
| Managing Conflict In the Family Business | Rhodes, Kent & Lansky, David |
| Managing for Commitment | Goman, Carol Kinsey |
| Managing For Profit In The Nonprofit World | Firstenberg, Paul B. |
| MBA Basics | Gorman, Tom |
| McIlhanny's Gold : How A Louisiana Family Built the Tabasco Empire | Rothdefer, Jeffrey |
| My Father's Business : Small Town Values that built Dollar General | Turner Jr., Carl |
| Negotiating Rationally | Bazerman & Neale |
| Owning Up : The 14 Questions Every Board Member Needs to Ask | Charan, Ram |
| Parting Company | William J. Marin / James C. Cabrera |
| Payments Systems in the U.S. | Benson, Carol / Loftesness, Scott |
| Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association | American Psychological Association |
| Reengineering the Corporation : A Manifesto for Business Revolution | Hammer, Michael / Champy, James |
| Siblings and the Family Business | Pontet, Stephanie |
| Strategic Negotiations | Walton, Cutcher-Gershenfeld, McKersie |
| Street-Smart Ethics | McLemore, Clinton |
| The 10 Laws of Trust | Peterson / Kaplan / Covey |
| The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families | Covey, Stephen R. |
| The B Corp Handbook : How You Can Use Business as A Force for Good | Honeyman, Ryan / Jana, Tiffany |
| The Board-Building Cycle : Finding, Engaging and Strengthening NonProfit Board Members | Meier, Susan S. |
| The Family Business Boardroom Newsletter | Family Business Consulting Group |
| The Family Constitution : Agreements to Secure and Perpetuate Your Family and Your Business | Montemerlo, Daniela / Ward, John |
| The Family Council Handbook | Eckrich, Chris / McClure, Stephen |
| The Imperfect Board Member | Brown, Jim |
| The Integrity Advantage | Gostick and Telford |
| The Manual to Online Public Records : Increase Profits Using Cyber-Intelligence | Sankey, Mike & Hetherington, Cynthia |
| The Rickover Effect | Rockwell, Theodore |
| The Truth about Lies in the Workplace | Goman, Carol Kinsey |
| This Isn't the Company I Joined : Seven Steps to Energizing a Restructured Work Force | Goman, Carol Kinsey |
| Total Career Fitness | Morin, William |
| Vest Pocket MBA | Shim, Jae |
| What Every Successful Woman Knows | Ellig, Janice / Morin, William |
| What They Don't Teach You At Harvard Business School | McCormack, Mark H. |
| Why CEOs Fail | Dotlich, David L. & Cairo, Peter C. |
| Why Smart Executives Fail | Finkelstein, Sydney |
JOURNALS/ARTICLES
The links below are to external website resources and they will open in a new window.
Business Assessment & Training:
- 7 Trust Building Tips to Use in Your Business : Article
- Academy of Management Journal
- American Economic Review (American Economic Association)
- Business Horizons : Journal
- Journal of Finance (American Finance Association)
- Journal of Financial Economics (Simon Business School)
- Journal of Accounting Research (University of Chicago)
- Journal of Marketing (American Marketing Association)
- Journal of Marketing Research (American Marketing Association)
- Journal of Small Business Management
- The Accounting Review (American Accounting Association)
- The Secret Life of a Small Nonprofit : Article
- Trust in Business: The Core Concepts : Article
- Trust is the Most Powerful Currency in Business : Article
- Why We Care About Certified B Corporations: From Valuing Growth to Certifying Values Practices
Family Business:
VIDEOS
The links below are to external website resources and they will open in a new window.
Business Assessment & Training:
Best Advice to Small Business Owners
Bookkeeping Basics for Small Business Owners
Business 101 Everything You Need to Know About Business and Startup Basics
Business Management 101, Business Management Definition, Basics, and Best Practices
Business Strategy – SWOT Analysis
Cultural Difference In Business | Valerie Hoeks | TEDxHaarlem
Entrepreneurship Series - Business Plan Writing 101 : Wharton School
Four Phases of High-Quality Business Performance Assessments (StrategyDriven Enterprises)
The New Digital Business | Richard Heaslip | TEDxOxbridge
The Power of a Strategic Business Assessment
Family Business:
5 Family Business Mistakes to Avoid
Building a Family Business that Lasts
CBS Family Enterprise Insights: Why is Family Business Education Important?
Family Business Governance : The John L. Ward Center for Family Enterprises
Family Business IV: Preparing your Family Business for Succession
Family Business VS Start Up: Your First Foot Print & Making Sure It Lasts | Viraj Shukla | TEDxPDPU
Family Business: 6 Success Factors to Last Beyond Three Generations
Need to Know: What Drives Successful Family Businesses?
Succession Planning in Family Business
The Future of Family Business (Business Families Foundation)
The Psychology Of Small Business Success - Top 5 Errors Of Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Trust In Business (Transparency, Purpose, Execution) - Joshua Konowe (TEDx)
What Drives Successful Family Businesses? | Pictet Asset Management
