CRAIG E. ARONOFF Co-founder, principal, and Chairman of the Board of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc., the founder of the Cox Family Enterprise Center and current Professor Emeritus at Kennesaw State University, USA. He invented and implemented the membership-based, professional-service-provider sponsored Family Business Forum, which has served as a model of family business education for universities world-wide.JOHN L. WARD Co-founder of the Family Business Consulting Group Inc. He is Clinical Professor at the Kellogg School of Management and teaches strategic management, business leadership and family enterprise continuity.

'Knowing when and how to be involved in a family business can be a challenging task...shareholders need to know what their role is to make them effective and make their family businesses profitable now and for the future. If you want to be a 'good' owner - this book is for you.' - Philip A. Clemens, Chairman & CEO, Clemens Family Corp. 'If you are associated with a family business, you need to read this user-friendly primer. Not just family business owners, but indeed everyone even remotely connected to a family business will want to read this. Family Business Ownership: How To Be An Effective Shareholder is a much needed and superb addition to the already excellent Family Business Leadership Series.' - Bill Lucas, Laird-Norton

• Introduction: On Being an Owner What is a Family Business Owner The Power of Cohesive Ownership The 'Ownership Attitude' Roles and Responsibilities: Owners, Directors, and Managers Preparing and Nurturing Good Owners Owners By Choice Managing the Insider-Outsider Dilemmas Summary Glossary Suggested Readings and Resources Index