Why open communication is essential to ensure business continuity

Addressing difficult topics

Even if family members, business partners and people in liberal professions who work together meet regularly, get along well and have no trouble discussing operational matters, communicating openly about truly relevant topics can be difficult. Sensitive issues and topics of vital importance such as your vision of the future, succession, partnerships, personal commitment and mutual expectations do not receive the attention they deserve. Still, ignoring these issues always leads to friction in the end. Once things have reached that point, finding a constructive, unifying approach becomes a lot harder.

Creating a charter

It is worth avoiding such difficulties by initiating a clear discussion of fundamental topics in advance, before they can impact future collaborations or your business continuity.  The results of your efforts can then be used to create a charter. A charter offers guidance in times of need. It is also a dynamic document, evolving along with your company as it moves through various stages.  For this reason, we recommend reviewing your charter periodically.

Increasing numbers of entrepreneurs and practitioners of liberal professions are aware of the importance of good collaboration at the management level.  As a neutral, expert partner, they rely on us to guide them through these preliminary discussions and help draw up an actual charter. Interested? Contact us at hr.solutions@vdl.be. We are happy to discuss our approach in greater detail at no obligation.