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Getting things right in your family business may save much more than just $000’s.
Great Family Businesses have a plan, a structure, appropriate systems and adequate skills. Bad Family Businesses lack some or all of these. Failed family Businesses damage wealth, family members and relationships.
➣ How I Help:
I help Family Business to get its act together, with everyone aligned to a plan. I help to plan and implement succession. I help establish appropriate structures and systems in the family and in the business, resolve tensions and disagreements within families through mediation. I also guide, mentor and coach family members into the roles they need to be in, and to perform.
➣ How do I work?
Every family and family business has different needs, interests and objectives. Every assignment begins with an analysis of all aspects of the individuals, the family and the business. Then I develop, discuss and implement a tailored plan that addresses, in sensitive and sensible sequence, all those needs, interests and objectives.
Experience with hundreds of family businesses shows that this is the best way to achieve desired outcomes.
Working as an independent expert I can usually achieve things the family could never achieve by itself.
➣ The Benefits are:
Clarity – everybody knows the Family Plan and their place in it
Certainty – everybody’s future becomes clear, accepted and welcomed
Peace - no more destructive tensions and damaging personal battles
Prosperity – a more profitable business and a wealthier family
Harmony – a family that looks and behaves the way it wants to
➣ S P E C I A L T I E S
● Family Business Advisory
● Family Business Best Practice
● Family Business Planning
● Family Mediation
● Family Business Transition Management
● Conflict Resolution
● Conflict Management
● Succession Planning
👉 To Find Our More
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Jon
📞 Call: 0414 816 789
💻 Email: [email protected]
Articles by Jon
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“Don’t Mention the War!” - Lessons learnt working with Business Families
“Don’t Mention the War!” - Lessons learnt working with Business Families
By Jon Kenfield
Contributions
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The 'Imperfects' were in Traralgon last week and 700 people crammed into the Gippsland Performing Arts Centre to see them perform their unususal…
The 'Imperfects' were in Traralgon last week and 700 people crammed into the Gippsland Performing Arts Centre to see them perform their unususal…
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ANNOUNCEMENT // As you may already know, in 1990, I co-founded Matthews Steer Accountants and Advisors with Geoff Steer. It is now a…
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I am excited to announce that I have been nominated for the Ignition Top 50 Women in Accounting for 2024! This year’s theme, Celebrating and…
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Experience
Education
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Activities and Societies: Facilitator and Trainer - Public Practice Program
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Activities and Societies: Scuba Club
Law
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Completed qualification in minimum possible time - 3 years.
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Chartered accountant
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Activities and Societies: Scuba Diving Club - qualified with Advanced Instructor status (BSAC)
Teaching English, History & Drama to "A" and "S" Level for University Entrance
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Activities and Societies: Scuba Diving
Teaching English, History, and Drama
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Activities and Societies: Full Scrum Facilitation, Rapid Response Dispute Resolution
Practical Strategies and Solutions for Business Families. Family Business Best Practice
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Activities and Societies: State Committee and National Director
Professional Dispute Resolution practitioner
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Activities and Societies: State Committee Chair
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Activities and Societies: Scuba Club, Bushwalkers
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Activities and Societies: English & Drama
Secondary school teaching to University entrance level.
Publications
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The Solutionist Guide to Family Business
USA and Australia
It's The Book for all families in business and their advisers who take long term sustainability seriously for both the family and the business.
Courses
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FBA Accredited Adviser
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IAMA Arbitration (to highest Grade 1)
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IAMA Mediation (advanced)
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LEADR Mediation (Advanced)
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Honors & Awards
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Fellow
Family Business Institute (Australia)
Conferred for outstanding contributions to the field of family business advisory over almost 20 years.
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MBO (Master of the Bleeding Obvious)
Family Business Institute & The Solutionist Group
Awarded in recognition of the recipient's extraordinary ability to deconstruct problem situations and conflicts, develop mutually acceptable solutions, and put everything back together again to the total satisfaction of the former protagonists.
Organizations
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Family Buisiness Institute (Australia)
Founder and Principal Trainer
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Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA-ANZ)
Public Practice Facilitator
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