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5 Key Lessons for Running a Small Business with Your Children

Starting a small family business presents its fair share of challenges. However, once you have successfully navigated the initial obstacles associated with this venture—such as acquiring capital, securing funding, and developing a comprehensive business plan—the operation of your family-owned business will begin to feel like second nature. Numerous factors may have played critical roles in the success of your endeavor, with the unwavering support from your children standing out as the most valuable.

Collaborating with your children in creating and sustaining the business provides unique advantages specific to your context. Working together as a family establishes a stable business foundation grounded in a strong familial bond. Shared family values and ethics contribute to a cohesive company culture, elevating the overall work environment. Furthermore, the collaborative effort allows you to impart your industry-specific knowledge and expertise to your children while enjoying quality time with them.

Despite the fulfillment derived from managing your small, family-owned business, there will inevitably come a time when the torch will be passed to your children. Drawing on your extensive experience in overseeing a family business, there is no doubt that you have accumulated valuable lessons crucial for sustaining the enterprise. Among the wealth of knowledge acquired, sharing the following key lessons with your children ensures their preparedness to carry forward the legacy of the family business with pride and joy.

Invest in Different Modern Business Solutions

A lot of family-owned businesses take pride in doing things the “old-fashioned way,” and although this is a great way to preserve tradition in the family business, it’s equally important to invest in modern business solutions. Automating certain aspects of your business can help streamline operations and provide convenience for both your customers and your staff. It also enables your business to keep up with the demands of modern-day consumers.

One such component you should consider updating is your business’s point-of-sale (POS) system. If your business has only been accepting cash ever since your store was established, now’s a great time to incorporate a modern POS system that accepts various forms of payments. The Maya Terminal, for example, is more than just a credit card terminal or a card swipe machine since it offers a diversity of payment options. With this POS device, you’re letting your customers choose how they want to complete their cashless transactions. The Maya Terminal is designed to accept e-wallet, QR code, debit card, and credit card payments, which adds convenience and speed to your store’s payment process. What’s more, this device is PCI-DSS-compliant, which means that it complies with international card security and safety standards, keeping your customer’s card data protected from malicious threats like identity theft and credit card fraud.

Hire Non-Relatives for Key Positions

While family loyalty is vital, there are distinct advantages to bringing in outside talent. Welcoming non-relatives into the business often brings fresh perspectives and diverse skill sets that can be invaluable to your business, especially when it comes to filling specialized roles in finance, marketing, and technology. These people can also provide you with a level of professional objectivity because they can make decisions based solely on the best interests of the business and without personal biases to the family. Moreover, hiring non-relatives can sometimes lead to valuable connections and opportunities, as they might have industry relationships and experiences that can help your small family business expand and thrive.

Hold Family Members to the Same Standards as Non-Family Employees

Implementing consistent standards for all employees, regardless of family ties, promotes a merit-based culture, ensuring that promotions and advancements are based on qualifications and performance rather than nepotism. It also establishes a framework that defines everyone’s roles and responsibilities, making it easier to manage the business efficiently. Additionally, encouraging your children to meet the same performance expectations as non-family employees will help motivate them to continually improve their skills and knowledge, contributing to the long-term success of the business.

Keep Family Conflicts Away from the Workplace

Family conflicts are a natural part of life, but when they spill over into the workplace, they can be detrimental to your small family business’s success. Your personal disputes can create tension among family members and employees, and it can distract everyone from focusing on their tasks. It can also damage your business’s reputation, which can drive away potential customers, clients, partners, and investors. That’s why you and your children must learn how to separate personal conflicts from the business environment. When you can keep your family issues within the family, you can maintain a high level of professionalism in the workplace and create a harmonious work environment that places the growth and development of your business above all other interests.

The Family Business Isn’t for Everyone

Although having your children inherit your business is likely to be one of your biggest goals when you retire, you have to accept the possibility that some or all of your children might not be interested in running it. Their passions may lie elsewhere, and forcing them to join the business can result in resentment. The immense pressure to work and potentially take over the family business can affect their well-being and lead them to become disengaged from the business and family. Thus, if any of your children express their intention to leave the family business, the best response you can give is to accept their decision. Even if it’s a difficult conversation, it’s a necessary one to have. This is because you’re expressing your support towards your child and giving them the freedom to discover their purpose in life on their own terms.

Running a small family business and passing on your legacy to your children can be a gratifying endeavor, but it doesn’t come without its challenges. Nevertheless, if you keep these five key lessons in mind and impart your wisdom to your children, you can build a family business that thrives, endures, and continues to be a source of pride for generations to come.

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