Organization and Staffing

How can you best handle your current Organization & Staffing issues and anticipate the ones that you’ve never faced? The Family Business Center works with you to analyze your company’s internal structure and develop a strategy that challenges and empowers employees. (These services are not provided by a NexTier associate.) We can help you develop a plan so you can build your company upon your most valuable resources – the people who work with you.

The Family Business Center at NexTier can help you with answers to questions like these:

• How do we adequately compensate and retain the “face” of our company while making sure we remain compliant?
• What’s the best policy on hiring, keeping and terminating employees?
• How can we retain our best employees?
• How do I know I'm hiring the right person?
• How do we communicate job performance expectations to employees?
• How can we reduce our risk of liability associated with harassment?

Legal

How do you find the right legal counsel to represent your business interests? As your business grows, or becomes more profitable, often so do your legal challenges. The Family Business Center can help you anticipate and overcome your businesses’ legal hurdles and find the right legal specialists to understand your business needs.

The Family Business Center at NexTier can help you with answers to questions like these:
• How can we tell if our legal interests – estate plan, will, shareholder agreements – are up-to-date?
• How do we maximize our asset distribution while protecting our business for future generations?
• How do we make sure our shareholders agreements are current and equitable?
• What kind of issues could we face litigation over given our merger and acquisition plans?

Accounting

Did you know that having a qualified accountant is one of the most overlooked assets by a family business? Managing that bottom line often requires more than being able to understand a balance sheet. The Family Business Center are family business advisors that can help you find an accountant who can provide advice, counsel and the strategy you need to take your business to the next level.

The Family Business Center at NexTier can help you with answers to questions like these:

• Is there a more efficient way for us to self-audit our business to ensure that we stay in the black?
• Do we just need some financial “troubleshooting” or is our problem more systemic?
How involved should our accountant be in our business and how can they help us better manage our bottom line?