The Family Business Whisperer

Dave Specht is the author of The Family Business Whisperer. He is the founder of Advising Generations LLC, a strategy consulting firm to family businesses. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Family Business Magazine. He has lectured on Family Business at Cornell University and the University of Nebraska. He has a Master's Degree in Tax and Financial Planning from San Diego State University. Specht has gained international attention for his creation of the GenerationalBusiness360(c) process and a new mobile app called Inspired Questions-For Family Business. Specht is also the author of, "The Farm Whisperer." He lives in Basin City, WA with his wife and 5 children.

"It is not usual to find a tool like this: a book addressed to family businesses that synthesizes in few pages all of the experience, knowledge and solutions to every-day situations the way that a Dave does". --Guillermo Salazar, President- Exaudi Family Business Consulting "Dave Specht poses questions that business-owning families often don't know how to address. His spot-on, down-to-earth language makes THE FAMILY BUSINESS WHISPERER a valuable guide." --Pat Frishkoff, Retired Founder of the Austin Family Business Program at Oregon State University "If you work for a family business and are struggling with succession planning, the day to day interactions or how to prepare for difficult situations, this book will help ease those tensions." --Betsy Grindlay, Speedway Motors Are you certain that your business is positioned to stay in the family for another generation? Have you confronted the difficult and sometimes uncomfortable questions of management and ownership succession? If you answered no to any of these questions, you are not alone. It is for this purpose that, "The Family Business Whisperer" was written. In this book you will discover the key pitfalls that families face with generational business transitions and you will come away with strategies to help you in your own succession process. The Family Business Whisperer is an actionable guide to help begin discussions and get your family started on this important journey. While The Family Business Whisperer offers no silver bullet guarantees, it does provide questions, processes and a framework to get started on being intentional about, "Preserving Your Family and Perpetuating Your Business." Your family, your business and your community are counting on you. You can do it and "The Family Business Whisperer" can help!