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Thriving in a family business when you’re not part of the family

Joe Hendricks (not his real name) was new to his job of workshop manager. He’d arrived in the middle of the harvest season and the workshop was packed with machines.

One morning, while bent over a tractor and discussing a repair with a mechanic, he was rudely interrupted when a bakkie towing a small boat skidded to a halt next to him.

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