While turning around the culture of an organization to one encouraging and supporting courageous conversations is difficult in a non-family owned business, it pales in terms of the difficulty in a family business. Opinions vary, emotions run strong and stakes are high. An environment permitting courageous conversations is essential for growth and long term survival of organizations. What that requires is creating a safe environment where everyone in the organization can contribute to a shared-pool of meaning, disagreements can be aired and conflict can be resolved. . . . → Read More: Communication in the Family Business…Talk about Courageous Conversations?
Ellen Cooperperson is the CEO of 
