Originally posted by CRaKN.
Not many would argue against the idea that a funeral home’s history and its values are central to the firm.
That history and those core values are also central to the experience you offer families, too, says Tom Hubler, a sought-after family business consultant with about 40 years of experience in helping family-owned businesses overcome obstacles and thrive.
That history and those core values are also central to the experience you offer families, too, says Tom Hubler, a sought-after family business consultant with about 40 years of experience in helping family-owned businesses overcome obstacles and thrive.
Tom covers this very concept in his latest book, The Soul of Family Business: A Practical Guide to Family Business Success and a Loving Family. As a nationally recognized expert on family business issues, Tom has been a trusted advisor to more than 500 family-owned businesses. Strategies, practices, and principles he’s learned over the years are part of what helped shape his latest book, and a few of those lessons are what we spoke to him about in a recent interview.
Keep reading to see why Tom says values and soul matter for family-owned funeral homes, including how you can apply that knowledge:
Keep reading to see why Tom says values and soul matter for family-owned funeral homes, including how you can apply that knowledge: