07-09-2012, 08:55 AM
Where is the check and balance? If the patriarch (or some domineering family member in a key appt) makes a decision, would the other family members disagree if it is their professional view to disagree? Or would the family dynamic suppress their disapproval? I suppose in an open trusting relationship among the family members, with no ego by the leader(s) it can work and the leader is willing to be told he's wrong, ackowledging someone else is smarter or has better ideas than him.