When your parents sign the paychecks : finding success inside or outside the family business / Greg McCann

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Part I. Understanding Your Family Business Issues: -- 1. Growing Up with a Family Business -- 2. Taking Ownership of Your Life -- 3. Understanding Relationships in the Family and the Business -- 4. Overcoming Emotional Resistance -- Part II. Meeting the Lifelong Challenges in a Family Business: -- 5: Challenge 1: Improving Your applied Intelligence -- 6: Challenge 2: Handling Wealth and Power -- Part III. Facing the Challenges as a Young Adult in the Family Business: -- 7. Challenge 3: Earning Credibility Instead of Feeling Entitled -- 8. Challenge 4: Writing Your Own Script -- 9. Challenge 5: Planning Your Career -- 10. Challenge 6: Including the Family Business in your education -- Part IV. Confronting the ongoing challenges in your career: -- 11. Challenge 7: Avoiding the Golden Handcuffs -- 12. Challenge 8: Getting Objective Feedback -- Part V. Becoming a Professional: 13. Developing a Life Plan -- 14. Creating Your Portfolio -- Appendix A: Additional Resources -- Appendix B: The McCann action plan for life -- Outline.

This book is about self development and awareness for individuals and includes tools that can help a family get along better and have a more successful business. This guide shows young people with a family business how to: -Take charge of their education, career, and life for success and happiness. -Avoid entitlement, lack of direction, and feeling stuck. -Earn credibility and marketability in the family business. -Face family expectations and preserve relationships "Captures the essence of the challenges faced by the next generation . . . provides insightful methods to achieve personal and professional success.