# family business
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18:29The unpaid labour of younger brothers and recruiting KiraLeanne Elliott: Are we talking free unpaid labor that happens to be your younger brother, or are you talking paid employee? Because if it's paid employee, yes, it's probably her. And she's still with us today. Her name'sEP 295 · 23 Apr 2026·interview· 18:29–25:300:00The family business that made meetings funLeanne Elliott: What would you think if you saw this in your workplace? So, a junior employee is having a heated argument with the CEO. Voices are raised, disagreements are flying, and the new employees are watching withEP 241 · 16 Oct 2025·interview· 0:00–4:2045:29Workplace Surgery: Family dynamics in a family-run companyAl Elliott: Okay, on to question number 3. Um, this person writes in and says, I've been an EA to the CEO. I'm guessing that means that they're an executive assistant to the chief executive officer of a family-run softwaEP 140 · 29 Oct 2024·workplace surgery· 45:29–51:0237:21Workplace Surgery: Fear of change in family business successionLeanne Elliott: I mean, in short, yes, you are probably being a little old-fashioned. Um, but here's the thing, right? I think, I think we need to separate the 2 main things in your, in your question and under your 2 maiEP 134 · 8 Oct 2024·workplace surgery· 37:21–43:1644:01The history of family businesses (surprisingly recent)Stephen Shortt: So, funnily enough, the term family business really only came into existence in the last 75 to 100 years with really the Industrial Revolution and people really forming these huge businesses that have mulEP 26 · 15 Feb 2023·panel interview· 44:01–46:0246:02The unique dynamics of family vs. non-family businessesStephen Short: That is really interesting, taking the concept of family businesses to an entirely different level. As we said, Al and I were very small family business. It's just the two of us. And one of the dynamics weEP 26 · 15 Feb 2023·panel interview· 46:02–47:5848:58The coffee rule: separating business from familyStephen Shortt: Everything in succession planning, everything always comes back to the first P, which is the purpose. What are we here to do? I mean, are we here just to get into this nitty-gritty? Or are we taking a mucEP 26 · 15 Feb 2023·panel interview· 48:58–50:3950:39Why family businesses get more loyalty — and more conflictStephen Short: And I think that is the interesting dynamic about working with family. On one hand, you're more likely to get dragged into a heated debate, shall we say, when you're very familiar with somebody. But equallEP 26 · 15 Feb 2023·panel interview· 50:39–60:0764:24How to tell a child they're not getting the businessStephen Shortt: I just did a video last week of how do you tell a child that they're not getting the business? Because there are times when you're looking at it going, look, you don't have what it takes. You don't have tEP 26 · 15 Feb 2023·panel interview· 64:24–73:4873:48Stephen's story: the grey Friday that changed everythingStephen Short: We've covered the personalities within family businesses. We've covered some of the common pitfalls that we can fall into. We're going to round up this So, in this episode, we're going to share some practiEP 26 · 15 Feb 2023·panel interview· 73:48–76:3076:30Top 3 takeawaysAl Elliott: What a story. The fact that they— he's still living with his parents, although not working anymore, but still living with his parents. I stand and applaud at that. Anyway, so Stephen says there are 5 Ps to suEP 26 · 15 Feb 2023·panel interview· 76:30–78:39
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