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Time to fuel passions: Edwin Booth, chairman of Booths Supermarkets, on the best ways to steer a small family business through a period of change. (Careers File).(Booths Supermarkets top executives talks about running family-owned business)
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Introducing change in a small family business presents a multiple challenge, that of marshalling family members' agendas, and then communicating a strong, corporate message through to the end of the enterprise.
From my experience, self-belief is the single biggest obstacle to clear, having been brought up on a recipe of `if you are not a big player, there are many things that just cannot be done'!
Having cleared this first hurdle, persuasion must be exercised with care and humility if the whole business is to work towards new and higher goals.
It ...
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