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This essay claims too much and too little for Critical Language Discourse, an interesting subject, but in my view not necessary as a separate topic from Needed Communications Skills Education. Those skills are best learned in context, working on specific challenges with specific audiences where there are particular communications problems to be overcome, then discussed from multiple points of view, including numerous relevant theories and concepts. Frequent iterations between challenges tackled, what works under which circumstances, what does not, and so on, builds a deeper understanding of oral and written communications, without necessarily learning theoretical names for the one form of theory.

In response to the questions raised by the "Killer Group," this article advocates that we should (a) take advantage of the fact that behavior in our classrooms is just as "real life" as students will experience after graduation, (b) explicitly provide students with dilemmas of the type described in the "Killer Group," and (c) allow students to experience the consequences of their choices in the same way they will in the workplace.

Forward / by John Ward -- Introduction -- Secrets of successful entrepreneurial leaders -- Developing entrepreneurial leadership skills -- Secrets of successful enterprising families -- Developing enterprising families -- Secrets of entrepreneurial organizations -- Developing entrepreneurial organizations -- Action planning, a question of balance & timing -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- List of companies

Discover What Makes Family Businesses Beat the Odds and Thrive over Generations. Families are complicated; family businesses even more so. Like other companies, family-run enterprises must develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills. But they must also manage family dynamics that rarely mirror the best practices in the latest Harvard Business Review. Allan Cohen and Pramodita Sharma, scholars with deep professional and personal roots in family businesses, show how enterprising families can transmit the hunger for excellence across generations. Using examples of firms that flourished and those that failed, they describe the practices that characterize entrepreneurial individuals, families, and organizations and offer pragmatic advice that can be tailored to your unique situation.