Family business books recommended by advisors, for advisors. Browse our selections on strategic planning, financial management, workforce management, family governance, succession and exit strategy, and family and closely-held advisors. Have a recommendation? Let us know!
Strategic Planning:
Simplified Strategic Planning: The No-Nonsense Guide for Busy People Who Want Results Fast
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t
Strategy and the Fat Smoker: Doing What’s Obvious But Not Easy
The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community, and Place
Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You
Preparing Your Family Business for Strategic Change
Strategic Planning for the Family Business: Parallel Planning to Unite the Family and Business
The Family Constitution: Agreements to Secure and Perpetuate Your Family and Your Business
The One Page Business Plan for the Busy Executive 
The One Page Business Plan for the Creative Entrepreneur
How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In
Financial Management:
The Definitive Business Plan: The fast track to intelligent business planning for executives and entrepreneurs
Small Business Cash Flow: Strategies for Making Your Business a Financial Success
Health Care Issues of Aging Families: A Fire Drill for Building Strength and Flexibility in Families
Financing Transitions: Managing Capital and Liquidity in the Family Business
Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers
The One Hour Plan For Growth: How a Single Sheet of Paper Can Take Your Business to the Next Level
Family Business Basics: The Guide To Family Business Financial Success
Every Family’s Business: 12 Common Sense Questions to Protect Your Wealth
Workforce Management:
Greater Than Yourself: The Ultimate Lesson of True Leadership
More than Family: Non-Family Executives in the Family Business 
Nurturing the Talent to Nurture the Legacy: Career Development in the Family Business
Working for a Family Business: A Non-Family Employee’s Guide to Success
Finding & Keeping Great Employees
Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em: Getting Good People to Stay
The Talent Management Handbook: Creating a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently
Building Tomorrow’s Talent: A Practitioner’s Guide to Talent Management and Succession Planning
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart: A Systems Approach to Engaging Leaders with Their Challenges
Family Governance:
Beyond Survival, a Guide for Business Owners and Their Families
Developing Family Business Policies: Your Guide to the Future 
Family Business Governance: Maximizing Family and Business Potential 
Effective Leadership in the Family Business
Family Business Ownership: How to Be an Effective Shareholder
How Families Work Together
Family Meetings: How to Build a Stronger Family and a Stronger Business
Making Sibling Teams Work: The Next Generation 
Silver Spoon Kids: How Successful Parents Raise Responsible Children
Succession And Exit Strategy:
Cashing Out of Your Business
Preparing Successors for Leadership: Another Kind of Hero 
Best Intentions: Ensuring that your estate plan delivers both wealth and wisdom
Family Business Succession: The Final Test of Greatness
Family Business Values: How to Assure a Legacy of Continuity and Success
Letting Go: Preparing Yourself to Relinquish Control of the Family Business
How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won’t Get from Your Financial Advisor
Keeping the Family Business Healthy: How to Plan for Continuing Growth, Profitability, and Family Leadership
The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership
Age Wave: How The Most Important Trend Of Our Time Will Change Your Future
Family And Closely-Held Business Advisors:
How to Choose and Use Advisors: Getting the Best Professional Family Business Advice
Consulting to Family Businesses: Contracting, Assessment, and Implementation 
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ 
The Genius Machine: The Eleven Steps That Turn Raw Ideas into Brilliance
Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used