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1. Decide what your own life goals are
2. Have family meetings to discuss the purpose and mission of your family’s business
3. Discuss how to improve communication at your family meetings
4. Bring in speakers who can talk about how to have successful relationships at your family retreat
5. Begin by observing yourself when interacting with family members
6. Do not discuss your disagreement with one family member with another:
7. Have empathy for all of the members of your family

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Norms are the spoken and unspoken rules of cultures. Reinforced over time, they operate as invisible constraints on family members’ behaviour. Norms set standards for how family members dress, talk and act. They also set limits on what is permissible or impermissible behaviour under different circumstances and conditions

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Resource based view of the firm suggests that possession of unique, valuable, non-substitutable, and non-imitable resources is essential for the creation of competitive advantage of a firm (Barney, 1991; Penrose, 1959; Wernerfelt, 1984). The close interaction of family and business systems in family firms leads to the creation of resources that can act as a source of advantage or constraint in these firms.

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https://johndavis.com/family-sustainability/
P.D. Olson et al. / Journal of Business Venturing 18 (2003) 639–666
Actual and intended growth in family firms and non-family owned firms: Are they different?
Shedding of unproductive resources in family firms: Role of family structure and community culture
https://www.famcap.com/the-worlds-750-biggest-family-businesses/
https://www.thefbcg.com/Seven-Steps-to-Sustainability-in-Family-Business---A-Cautionary-Tale/

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Family businesses constitute a major portion of our economy (Heck and Stafford, 2001; Rowe et al., 1999; Shanker and Astrachan, 1996).

In 1996, over 8.6 million families (1 out of 10 households) owned a business: a family business.

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A family business is defined as a business that is owned and managed by one or more members of a household of two or more people related by blood, marriage or adoption ( P.D. Olson et al)

Growth is defined as the process of improving some measure of an enterprise's success. Business growth can be achieved either by boosting the top line or revenue of the business with greater product sales or service income, or by increasing the bottom line or profitability of the operation by minimizing costs.

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John's framework focuses on three factors that support family sustainability: Family Talent; and Family Unity. Growth of assets is attained by adopting a portfolio approach to the family’s assets and businesses, including prudent diversification. Family unity and talent are essential to support the bold decisions which must be made in order to continue to grow the assets of the family and maintain family financial discipline.