This volume in the Practicing of Organization Development Series, provides consultants with a practical guide to family business consulting that is based on sound theoretical material. It provides a roadmap to effective change management for working with family businesses.

Working with family businesses differs in many significant ways from consulting with non-family firms. How can you grow your consulting practice and develop the skills needed to work successfully with family businesses?

Jane Hilburt-Davis and W. Gibb Dyer-- two of the country's foremost experts in the field of family business-- offer in one comprehensive volume a systematic approach for developing the skills and competencies you need to consult with these unique systems. This practical, hands-on resource shows you how to manage each stage of the consulting process-- from the first contact to the last-- and reveals how to plan strategically and deal with the complex relationship issues that are commonplace in family businesses.