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What to Look For in Your 401(k) Service Provider

Blog, Strategic, Taxes, Wealth Transfer / By Conway Center

What to Look For in Your 401(k) Service Provider Courtesy of: Michael L. Beers, CIMA(R), CRPS(R) Senior Vice President Family Wealth Advisor Corporate Retirement Director Morgan Stanley Easton Phone Number: 614.269.3401 Web Address: fa.morganstanley.com/fortis 401(k) salary deferral plans are among the most popular retirement plans today. Nearly every financial services company brokerage – firms, banks, […]

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Emotional Intelligence

Blog, Human Resources / By Conway Center

By Jennifer Griffith, Ohio Regional President of First Merchants Bank and a Conway Center Service Provider member. Mary Manager is an extremely liked manager of a small team. She tends to find opportunity in everyday situations and is known for her kindness. Her manager feels lucky to have such a well-balanced team leader working by

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Could a Data Breach Cripple your Business?

Blog, Information Technology / By Conway Center

Policies you can adopt today to minimize your risk By Conway Center member Total Technology Solutions We generally think of Data Breach as something that happen at large corporations – Target, Equifax, Anthem. But if you are like many small or mid-sized businesses, you also have a lot of data on hand. You process customer’s

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Succession Planning: Not Just for Retirement

Blog, Succession Planning / By Conway Center

Succession Planning: Not Just for Retirement from Driscoll Learning — Succession has commonly been thought of as for the purpose of retirement. While true, it is also a way that you can open your company up for a new opportunity. Every business should have a succession plan in order to carry on into the future.

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Member Events & Community Resources – November

Blog / By Conway Center

Find out about upcoming member and service provider events and what else is happening in the community of interest to family businesses! Hilliard Women in Business Luncheon Wednesday, November 15, 2017 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. The Reception House at Raymond Memorial Golf Club 3860 Trabue Road, Columbus 43228 Cameron Mitchell said, “The answer is

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Halloween Chemistry

Blog / By Conway Center

The Halloween industry represents over $8 billion in retail sales, according to CNN. Greater than 70% of adults are expected to participate in this fabulously imaginative holiday. Haunted houses will pop up in old buildings and farms will be transformed to ghoulish fields. Horror films will flood the theatres and might be your personal choice

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Bea’s Blog: Exemplary Leadership in Family Business

Blog, News / By Conway Center

In a recent session of the Women in Family Business Peer Group at the Conway Center for Family Business, we discussed the following five key characteristics of a family business leader and the components of each: Commitment Immerse yourself in the business Understand the business Sacrifice personal pleasures when needed to benefit the business Show

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The Difficulties of Hiring for a Family Business

Blog, Human Resources / By Conway Center

Each year, our Economic Outlook survey reflects the challenges that family business leaders have in finding and hiring qualified employees. Conway Center service provider Mike Devine of Devine Consulting addresses this issue in a blog post, The Difficulties of Hiring for a Family Business: When one looks at the hiring data, new hires fail 89%

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Bea’s Blog: Planning for Loss and Establishing your Family Business Legacy

Blog, Succession Planning / By Conway Center

Family business owners are notoriously bad when it comes to estate planning. Too many demands and busy seasons are often cited as reasons to put it off, but as much as we don’t want to think about our own mortality or the painful loss of loved ones, there are numerous advantages to advanced planning. A

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Bea’s Blog: Procrastination and the 3-C’s

Blog, Succession Planning, Wealth Transfer / By Conway Center

Procrastination – to put off INTENTIONALLY the doing of something that should be done. We’re all guilty of this form of avoidance behavior, often giving in to feeling good now by delaying the task to do later. Family business owners often procrastinate when it comes to planning their estate, but doing so can be a

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