Publications
This concise collection of books, articles and presentations on family businesses provides valuable tools for family members and outside managers in the family owned business. Dr. Orenia Yanai's best seller “Every Person Has A Path” is a must for anyone searching for their life mission and the path to fulfillment. From the young backpackers to the older, daring travelers who are looking for new beginnings, this book offers new insight backed by a language that facilitates previously unspoken family conversations. The conviction that finding the path is possible has proven to be a great inspiration. Our colleagues at FBCGI, the publishers of The Family Business Advisor have generously given us the permission to reprint an article from the newsletter, every month. From the February issue of the Advisor, we have chosen Jennifer Pendergrast's article: “The Next Chapter at Powell's Books". This is a brief but telling story about the obstacles related to passing on the baton, and examples of best practices for a successful process. Both Dr. Yanai and Dr. Milo lecture frequently in Israel, Europe and the US.A handful of presentations from those lectures, appear in this section.
Dr. Orenya Yanai Two partners – whether they are siblings or friends that decided to start a business together at a young age have built special and intimate relationship: "We share secrets that we wouldn't even tell our spouses". They know each other's abilities very well, and their weaknesses, too. They complement each other, share challenges and achievements, accompany each other in choosing spouses and having children, rejoice in moving to a new house, support in the illness and death of parents and suffer the children's "growing pains" together.
They are absorbed in the momentum of activity.... |
Dr. Orenya Yanai Can the quality of a sibling's partnership be predicted? We believe it can!
A partnership of brothers or sisters is a partnership of destiny. They are born to the same family, with different genders and in a certain order: an older and younger brother, the second brother and fourth sister, five brothers, two sisters, twins, etc. This (imposed, if you will) partnership of destiny, grows and evolves in the family. Some siblings are closer than others.
Between some siblings, abysses of pain may develop – which are expressed as infinite rage, permanent hatred and a continuous fight.
In most... |
Dr. Orenia Yaffe-Yanai "Every parting is a form of death…" says Tryon Edwards. We fear departures as we do death. And similarly to death – it is an irrevocable renunciation of a relationship we were once part of. A relationship is a familiar state of mind for us, one we have invested in and where we experience growth, and during which we take in – emotions, accomplishments, pain and joy. We poured into a relationship parts of ourselves and in turn parts of the other or the state of mind have been woven into us. This is true because a relationship can exist between one and another (person) as well as between one and... |
Similarities and differences in family portraits and passion quests A recent study of the differences between entrepreneurs and managers of family-owned businesses (Yanai, Yanai & Milo, 2007), concluded that entrepreneurs and managers tend to come from different family environments, that they had distinct motivations and passion quests and that the consulting process for these two groups should be equally distinctive. These findings supported the notion that family dynamics reveal people’s core emotional pain, which drives their personal quests and motivation, and leads to the roads along which they develop the legacies of past generations (Yanai, Yanai & Milo,... |
By: Orenia Yanai & Tamar Milo In an international family business conference, held in Bilbao, Spain in 2002, Dr. Yanai & Dr Milo presented a live case, showing how families could use internal conflicts as a catalyst for change. In this workshop family members told the history of their conflict and were guided in a process that led them to a renewed dialogue in the family and the business.
View this slide presentation to learn more about the importance of conflicts and some constructive ways to handle them. |
 Family Business Consulting Group, Publishers Each book of this series addresses a topic that concerns every business owning family. Weather it is succession, financial agreements, preparation of the Next Gen, or handling family meetings, you can find a concise presentation and practical answers in one of these books. |
 Orenia Yaffe-Yanai, Dov Yanai and Tamar Milo The Adam Consulting Group and AMI Family Business Consulting. Israel Based on years of experience in consultation and career development with owners and managers of enterprises, the authors depict a psychological portrait of the typical entrepreneur, versus the typical manager, along with their "passion quests" and distinct relations to the business.
A central tool used to enrich both the counseling of and the dialogue between entrepreneurs and managers is the understanding of their family dynamics. It is suggested that each comes from a different family dynamic with different energy sources and motivations. Entrepreneurs were often raised in relatively... |
 Watch Orenia & Tamar discussing the family agreement. What is it and it's purpose and need within the family.
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