family business

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Kevin O’Connor: ‘I don’t ask anyone to do anything I wouldn’t do myself – but sometimes that expectation may be too high.’
'I’m hard on myself and sometimes I expect too much from others'
  • Work
  • June 28, 2019, 05:32

Kevin O’Connor of General Paints, which is based in a former Famine workhouse on a five-acre site in Celbridge. The company produces the well-known Co(...)

People who successfully work with family often find the experience to be enriching
Wake-up Call: Working with family members can work
  • Work
  • June 17, 2016, 13:00

Working in the family business can be fraught. If your manager is also your parent, sibling or other relative, how do you keep things professional? P(...)

Aoife and Paddy Hayes at CST International, Fitzwilliam Street. Photograph: Cyril Byrne / THE IRISH TIMES
Playing it straight in family business succession
  • Work
  • May 8, 2015, 01:30

Handing down the family business can be a delicate affair. We’ve all heard the stories. Parents who won’t let go. Children not ready for the job. Dysf(...)