This webinar will start a conversation with family business practitioners about the key role and influence that gender plays in the family business setting. We believe this work can help you smooth succession, access talent, understand conflict, and maintain healthy business family relationships. We will define gender and explore how it affects not only women but men, and also teams, families, businesses, and cultures. We will discuss two case studies from the field that will highlight key challenges related to…
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Family Enterprise of the Year Award (FEYA) season is back! Join us online for the Ontario FEYA celebration. It's time to come together to honour and celebrate this year's finalists - Gerrie Electric, Gilas Management and Tomlinson Group of Companies! For the past 35 years, our FEYA ceremonies have become a cornerstone of our community; giving us an opportunity to recognize and promote the achievements of Canadian family businesses. More than an award, FEYA is a reminder of how much…
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When family business cases make the front page of the newspaper, it's not usually because of good news, but more of an "OMG - did you see what happened with the __________ family?" This summer, Richard Robinson passed away at the age of 84, and once his will became public, the decisions he had made regarding his shares of the family business became international news. Scholastic Corp., which Robinson took over from his father and built into a huge publishing…
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Family Enterprise of the Year Award (FEYA) season is back! Join us in-person for our Quebec FEYA celebration. It's time to come together to honour and celebrate this year's finalists - Ed Brunet and Associates Canada Inc., GROUPE AGF INC. and Southshore Industries Ltd.! For the past 35 years, our FEYA ceremonies have become a cornerstone of our community; giving us an opportunity to recognize and promote the achievements of Canadian family businesses. More than an award, FEYA is a…
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Family Enterprise of the Year Award (FEYA) season is back! Join us online for the Prairies FEYA celebration. It's time to come together to honour and celebrate this year's finalists - Doortech Mfg. and Distribution Ltd., Wallace & Carey Inc. and WCD (formerly West Canadian Digital Imaging)! For the past 35 years, our FEYA ceremonies have become a cornerstone of our community; giving us an opportunity to recognize and promote the achievements of Canadian family businesses. More than an award,…
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FEAs come from a variety of disciplines with one major thing in common, we work with families. Though growing in numbers, few designates solely serve clients under the FEA umbrella. More often, FEAs work with families under their primary profession while tapping into FEA knowledge to better understand and serve clients. During this Community Call we will explore what it means to wear the FEA hat, how it fits with a variety of professions, and when it makes sense to…
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Join professors Christina Constantinidis and Teresa Nelson as they lead this two day (half days) workshop based on their groundbreaking research. Together, we will learn how gender influences family business dynamics and become familiar with tools that can help you leverage its impact on the family system. Half-Day 1 - Understanding the family business and its environment as a gendered system, with a focus on the immediate family and beyond. Goal: To analyze the key role and influence of gender…
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As we move towards a 'new normal' and adjust to the limitations COVID has imposed on our clients and our customers, how do you plan to move your business forward while we enter the third year of the pandemic? What have you learned about yourself and the resiliency of your business? What are your challenges and successes, or surprises? Event Details When Who Can Attend This call is open to all members of our community. Where Online via Zoom.A Zoom…
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Many families experience conflict, particularly around succession issues. While conflict is inherent to life, it can adversely impact and even jeopardize the viability of a family business if managed improperly. During this Community Call, we will discuss the common sources of conflict, best practices to minimize and prevent it, and what to do when conflict raises its head in a family business. Using the recent Rogers family saga as an example, attendees will have the opportunity to discuss and apply…
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As the FEA community reaches nearly 500 practitioners in its first decade of existence, it becomes necessary to reflect not only upon our beneficial array of differences, but also upon the common principles that bind us together in service of family enterprise. The FEA Institute Committee of the Board has been tasked with building on earlier work to support our community's evolution and to explore and codify the shared aspirations for each of us who proudly hold the FEA…
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