Our FEC Family Community: Together at Home Topic: Getting back to business! Enjoy Social Distancing with Distant Socializing! Have you pivoted during the pandemic? Have you been closed for an extended period of time? Was everyone working remote in your company? Come and share what you have learnt and where you are planning to go as this “New Normal” starts to become a reality. Join us virtually for a casual chat with other family business members about what’s happening with…
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Among the most important challenges that family business stakeholders will face is managing the unique conflict that impacts family enterprise. Join FEC in a virtual conversation with Blair Trippe, Managing Partner of Continuity Family Business Consulting and Wendy Sage-Hayward, MA, FEA, in which we will discuss how to approach both active conflict—when families fight—and passive conflict—when families get stuck, unable to make important decisions in a timely manner. Participants will leave understanding why conflicts in families that own and manage…
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Enjoy Social Distancing with Distant Socializing! Topic: We will be discussing active and inactive family engagement within the business and how to keep equity and harmony within the family. Join us online for a casual chat with other Next Gen family business members about what’s happening with your family and family enterprise during this unprecedented time. Your FEC Community is here to support, encourage and engage. We’ll take this time together to discuss what’s most important to you, share your…
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Unity or Harmony? Siblings bring with them natural differences in skill sets, style and personality traits. If these varieties to life and business are seen as complications rather than strengths, the family can start to feel fragmented and uneasy. Long-lasting business families achieve alignment by recognizing and applauding differences in family members and investing energy in finding the highest and best use for each person. One family member may excel in financial management, another in esthetics, another in engineering, another…
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For the first time, we are hosting the Family Enterprise of the Year Award (FEYA) celebrations virtually! We invite you to join us as we honour and celebrate the family enterprise community. This year, tune in online to hear from, be inspired by and learn first-hand from a resilient family business about their unique journeys and why Family Enterprise is more important than ever today, both within your community and beyond. Established in 1986, the Family Enterprise of the Year…
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This year we are excited to host the Central Ontario Family Enterprise of the Year Award (FEYA) celebrations virtually! We invite you to join us as we honour and celebrate the family enterprise community and our two finalist -Burnbrae Farms and Newcom Media Inc. Learn more about them below. Established in 1986, this award is given annually by FEC to recognize, celebrate, and promote the achievements of Canadian family businesses and the considerable contribution they make to both their local…
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For the first time, we are hosting the Family Enterprise of the Year Award (FEYA) celebrations virtually! We invite you to join us as we honour and celebrate the family enterprise community. This year, tune in online to hear from, be inspired by and learn first-hand from resilient family businesses about their unique journeys and why Family Enterprise is more important than ever today, both within your community and beyond. Established in 1986, the Family Enterprise of the Year Award…
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As FEAs we learn about Multi-Disciplinary Advising for the first time during the FEA Program. However, even with the opportunity to put this concept to work in true collaboration during the project, many advisors struggle. This struggle seems to continue after advisors have gained the FEA designation and continue to work with their family enterprise clients. There are a number of reasons why MDA is a challenge. We will explore some of these reasons together as we ask ourselves and…
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Implications for Family Business report shows a moment of reckoning for family businesses. Although family business remains more trusted than non-family business around the world (82% vs 79%), family business employees still view their employer as falling short on expectations. More than half (51%) of family business employees agree that their employers are not meeting the challenges of the pandemic with expected levels of competence. For example: compared to non-family businesses, family business employees are more concerned about job loss…
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This time of challenge and change is also a powerful learning opportunity for family enterprises and their leaders. Join FEX, WATSON and our family enterprise panelists as we learn from the experiences of family enterprise leaders, the findings from the Family Business Pulse Survey, and emerging insight into what has helped leaders and businesses survive and thrive. We’re looking forward to a conversation with our panelists and with you - positioning family enterprise to strengthen as we move forward. We’ll…
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