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Understanding Family Business Ownership Terminology

Forge real answers to the five key areas of an ownership plan.
• Determine if the next generation will be in the business
• Create economic security for the senior generation
-Systematic ownership exit plan
-Best way to liquefy the asset
• Devise equitable treatment among the children
• Minimize estate taxes
• Develop family awareness so that everyone is at peace with the plan

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family conflict management
succession planning
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family retreats
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continuous improvement
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board of directors
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executive team building
management communication
healthy families
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ownership and management transitions
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life cycles
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work family balance
role conflict
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equity capital

Welcome to HRB & Associates!

HRB & Associates is a strategic consulting firm focusing on Family Owned, Privately Held, Small to Mid-cap firms. Our clients come to us for a variety of reasons:
• They are frustrated with their Teams ability to produce year over year profitability.
• They are concerned with their ability to manage talent and succession plan.
• They are fed-up with year over year cost increases.

Our clients will tell you, HRB helped us make money, save money and build better Teams.

There is "no charge for an initial consultation. If I can't help you I will find someone who will."

— Bernie Scibienski

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We start with an assessment, metrics and performance. We believe that strategic planning, succession planning and Human Resource Management are results of understanding where we are, where we want to go and a metric driven approach to getting there.
 
Hoshin Kanri or Policy Deployment is what’s accomplished by linking the business plans to results.

Our expertise includes:

• Business Assessment
• Performance Management
• Organizational Planning
• Business Services
• Technology Services
• Benefits Management
• Risk Mitigation
• Government Compliance

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