<p><em>The act of hiring close friends and family members and can be beneficial or detrimental to the business, depending on various factors.</em></p>
<p><strong>Benefits:</strong> The employer knows them already and has a personal relationship with them, knows their skills, background and type of personality. This reduces the '<em>fit-in</em>' time required for a new hire. Family members would, reciprocatively, work with dedication and ownership, having a genuine interest in the business, and maybe continue the legacy in the future.</p>

Hiring Family Members

<p>If family members are treated in a previleged manner, or with partiality, it could backfire and toxify the organizational culture. If a family member has to be disciplined or fired, as it can hurt the personal relationship, so one has to draw a line in the beginning before they are hired.</p>
<p>If a clear demarcation of the two roles of a family member and an employee is resisted, it's a sign they are not a good hire.</p>

Things Can Go Wrong

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<li>Make sure you ask the right questions, taking into account their passion and skill-sets and its alignment with your company's mission and values.</li>
<li>See if they are a good 'personality fit' in your organization and its existing culture, having the required soft skills.</li>
<li>Check if there is any conflict of interest or if the job vacancy ignores qualified candidates in favour of a family member.</li>
<li>Make sure you hold the hired family member accountable and set the right standards and expectations.</li>
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Before A Family Member Is Hired

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<h4>The ins and outs of working with relatives Posted by: <strong>Team Tony</strong></h4>
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</p><p><a href="https://core.tonyrobbins.com/seven-forces"><img src="https://cdnwp.tonyrobbins.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/7forces.jpg"></a></p> Many small businesses tout themselves as "family-owned." This description can often be synonymous with
<a href="https://www.tonyrobbins.com/career-business/nepotism-smart-hire/">nepotism </a>, or the act of hiring close friends and family members, and can have a negative connotation. However, there can be many benefits to hiring family in the workplace if you do it correctly. 
<h2><b>How hiring family members can improve your business</b></h2>
<p>Hiring family in the workplace also means you're bringing on those who could continue your legacy after you retire or decide to leave the business. Many family members will have more of a vested interest in your business' success than other employees, especially if they plan to run it one day. This can lead to more dedication and an ownership mentality, which can set a good example for the rest of your team. </p>
<h2><b>When hiring family members backfires</b></h2>
<h2><b>How to hire a family member</b></h2>
<p>Still believe hiring a family member makes sense? While you can't control how your other employees view nepotism, you can build a process around the way you hire family members to increase your chances of success. It will probably look quite similar to the way you screen non-related candidates as it's based around ensuring they're the right team fit. </p>
<h3><b>1. Ask the right questions</b></h3>
<h3><b>2. Gauge their personality fit</b></h3>
<h3><b>3. Examine core values</b></h3>
<h3><b>4. Legal concerns</b></h3>
<p>While hiring family members is not illegal and nothing explicitly prohibits you from doing it, there are some issues you should keep in mind. Declaring job openings and ignoring qualified candidates in favor of a family member may be crossing a line. Bear in mind that when hiring a relative, you are also required to disclose any potential conflict of interest to shareholders. Failure to make that information known could violate the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act and result in fines or other repercussions. </p>
<h3><b>5. Make the right choice</b></h3>
<p>If you do end up hiring a relative, you must hold them accountable and ensure that the standards and expectations you set are not just met, but exceeded. A high-performing family member who is held to the same standards as the rest of the employees will gradually be accepted as a valued coworker, not just the relative of the boss who was hired due to nepotism. This, in turn, can raise standards throughout the company and lead to <a href="https://www.tonyrobbins.com/career-business/organic-growth-business/">organic growth. </a></p>
<p>Running a business is a complicated endeavor and hiring family members to work with you can make it even more so. Though there are plenty of pitfalls that can occur when you work with family, there are just as many upsides when it's done right. </p>
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The ins and outs of working with relatives Posted by: Team Tony Many small businesses tout themselves as "family-owned." This description can often be synonymous with nepotism , or the act of hiring close friends and family members, and can have a negative connotation.

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