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Monthly Message — December 2014 Strategic Planning: Re-Invention and Diversification Strategies for Your Family Business December 18 – 7:30-9:00 a.m. Alumni Hall at Ohio Dominican University 1216 Sunbury Rd., Columbus, OH 43219 Program presented by: What can you do if your family business “hits the ceiling” and stops growing? What if changes in your industry […]

By Thomas Hurley – Principal, Findley Davies & Conway Center Service Provider Compensation Strategies for Family Business Compensation is an emotional topic for both business owners and employees. Organizations are constantly trying to balance the bottom line with paying its workers fairly. That balancing act can become more difficult in a family business if a […]

Submitted by KeyBank, a Conway Center Service Provider – Timing wise, fraud always picks up around the fourth quarter/holidays so it’s the best time to be vigilant and set parameters in place.[/testimonial] The threat of fraud often centers on the continually evolving technologies used to conduct business and online banking.  According to the 2014 Association […]

By Alex Freytag, Partner at ProfitWorks LLC and Conway Center for Family Business Service Provider. Alex will be presenting at our December 18th Educational Program on Strategic Planning. Don’t miss it! Cascading and Communication There’s a great visual metaphor for business related to the concept of cascading. The idea is that you can conceive of […]

Ten Top Reasons You Are NOT Ready To Lead The Family Business Emens & Wolper Law Firm Bea Wolper and Kelly Jasin   10…Mom and Dad still proof all your letters and professional correspondence. 9…Your allowance covers all your living expenses. 8…Dad still has to wake you up in the morning for work. 7…Your address […]

Monthly Message — November 2014 Shedding the Ties that Bind: Coping with Founders Who Can’t Let Go November 20 – 7:30-9:00 a.m. Community Room in Alumni Hall Ohio Dominican University 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus, 43219 Program presented by: Mike Crotty, president of Spirit Services Company, found himself in a situation that no family business leader […]

The Conway Center for Family Business will present awards to leading Central Ohio family businesses and supporters at the 16th Annual Family Business Awards Program 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. on Friday, November 7 at the Aladdin Shrine Center, 3850 Stelzer Road. More than 450 family business leaders will attend.

Submitted by Graham Shippy – Safex, Inc. Part of planning for the upcoming year includes establishing your business goals and what you’d like to achieve. Research shows that when a business has measurable goals in place, they’re more likely to accomplish them. Further, more than three-quarters of small business owners say they haven’t achieved their […]

By Morgan Hembree, Psy.D., MBA, BCB – Integrated Leadership Systems While being only three months out from the completion, defense, and binding of my dissertation gives me a certain perspective, I can say with virtual certainty that the dissertation process is one of the most painful things I will ever endure. For over two years […]

Bob Spence Director of Human Resources Mid-City Electric Want To Improve Your Hiring Success? I have spent over 35 years working in human resources as an administrator, a consultant and as an HR Manager in a family-owned and operated business. As a consultant, more than 75% of my clients were family-owned and operated businesses. During […]