The Thriving Family Business, a business book by Tildet Varon.

The Thriving Family Business: Celebrating Peace at the Table and Profits to the Balance Sheet, is a business book by Tildet Varon.

The book is a practical guide to keeping family businesses alive and thriving. It mainly focuses on the families in the U.S. where they account for 50% of the employee base. The book starts on an emotional note, Tildet’s father calling her to tell her about their family business shutting down and him passing away due to his chronic kidney disease the very next day. That is when she makes a promise to not let her father’s legacy end with his business failure. This book carries the heart of that promise within its pages.

Family dinners turning into business meetings and conference meetings ending up in a family feud is how the harmony of family businesses are affected. The three step recipe to thrive, as mentioned in the book is: BE, DO, HAVE. Knowing what one needs to become, what one needs to do to do so and what one will have in the end are the keys to a successfully maintained and a perfectly balanced life.

BE: The 7 Foundational Principles for Peace and Profitability. There is a well detailed chapter on each principle. They include Self-Mastery, Mindfulness, Integrity, Wisdom, Generosity, Curiosity, Adaptability. These principles stated are important for the overall wellness of the business.

DO: The 9 Essential Ingredients for a Thriving Family Business; Leading Process-Driven Change, Create a Shared Vision, Establish Strong Governance, Foster Open Communication and Collaboration, Master Stress, Prioritize Well-Being and Personal Growth, Invest in Professional Development, Plan for Growth and Succession, Pursue Sustainability and Social Responsibility, Celebrate Success and Embrace Challenges. All these help the organisation and its people to thrive, focusing on the inner growth being transformed into action.

HAVE: The Marriage of Head and Heart. These are the more intimate and personal areas of how a business affects the life of the person in it. To Have and To Hold: Balancing Business and Love, The Art of Doing Less, The Fruits of Your Labor; each chapter talks about how having is not a destination, but a journey where one enjoys what they’ve built so far and seeing it grow, passing the strong legacy that is created, on to the next generations.

Written for every family that has a business and struggles to keep both relationships and business deals away from each other. Each step towards peace and profits is a herculean task and navigating one’s way though it becomes manageable with the very easy to understand breakdown by the author. Tildet explains the issues faced, the measures to be taken and some examples from her career as a business consultant to make a family’s life and business easier.

Tildet’s writing is reader-friendly, practical and result-oriented, making the concepts in the book easy for understanding and application.

I liked how the book is very insightful. The author’s personal challenges add to the authenticity to her writing and problem solving. The real life examples taken from her own career are a great source of inspiration.

“The stories we carry with us shape the businesses we create, and our businesses then shape the new stories that we will leave behind.”-Tildet Varon

Author website: https://www.tildet.com/book

Book Amazon link: https://a.co/d/ez1vUGW