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Resilience Rx: A Family Business and Board Dysfunction
In Chapter 9, we shared the Energetic Weight tool. You’ll recall that Energetic Weight is like the foundation of a building. If one pillar is out of place, the entire structure is unstable.
The main challenges we see with family businesses all stem from people being out of their proper Energetic Weight. They include the following:
• Nepotism, when family members hold key roles for which they aren’t qualified
• Lack of diversity, when only family members have key roles, and so no outside perspectives are brought in
• Tunnel vision, when key roles are held by people who have little ...
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