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Agreements are essentials, but by themselves they cannot always prevent fights. The written agreement must be the final product of a trust building process, in which the family clarifies its values, heritage and vision for the future. Preparing the agreement may be a unique opportunity to discuss sensitive issues and air old grievances in a context of a shared mission. When this is accomplished, signing the agreement becomes a vow of loyalty to the family, its values and its vision. Agreements that are established through such a process may serve as the family anchor even in stormy times....

Making a decision to sell a family business and carrying out the process while keeping family relations intact is a challenge that requires professional guidance. Likewise, investors wishing to invest in a family-owned business would profit from a due diligence process that assesses the internal make-up of the business including ownership, management, organizational culture and the potential for partnership. AMI works with business owners and investors alike to bring the selling of a family business to a successful and fruitful finish for both sides.

For the business to grow and continue to provide for the family's growing needs it should constantly upgrade its management tools and personnel. We get involved in the design of management training programs, organization structures and managerial processes. We help family businesses to successfuly introduce non-family CEO's, when the family is ready for it.

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....

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...

"When we wanted to establish our family institutions, develop ownership strategies, enhance family members' careers and execute our succession plan, AMI was there. Through coordinated teamwork, we obtained the commitment of the entire family to get the work done."