Past Programs
2009-2010 Program Calendar
Topic: Developing Your Next Generation Leaders
Katherine Grady, Lansberg, Gersick & Associates LLC
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Topic:Managing Boundaries in the Family Business: Why, When and How
Successful Companies Do It – and How Yours Can Too!
Speaker: Jane Adams
Postscript: Deb Houden (PDF)
2008-2009 Program Calendar
Topic: Acting up in the Family Business for a Successful Succession
Speaker: UW Theatre Department
Topic: Managing Capital & Liquidity in the Family Business
Speaker: Francois de Visscher, de Visscher & Co., LLC
Topic: Non-Family Managers in the Family Business: How to Work with Them, Keep Them and Help Them Work with the Family
Speaker: Steve McClure, The Family Business Consulting Group
Topic: Socratic Leadership for the Family Business
Speaker: Amy K Hutchens, AKI, Inc.
Topic: Family Enterprise Continuity
Speaker: James Hughes, James E. Hughes, Jr. Consults
Topic: Negotiating Works! How to Persuade, Prosper and Profit by Negotiating Wisely in Your Family Business.
Speaker: Ralph Cagle, University of Wisconsin
Topic: 2008 Summer Tailgate
Speaker: Howdy S. Holmes, President & CEO of Chelsea Milling Company
2007 - 2008 Programs
Topic: Family Business Governance: Boards - How They’ve Worked…and Sometimes Haven’t
Speaker: Donald Jonovic, Family Business Management Services, Inc.; Deborah Jacob, M. Jacob & Sons; Todd Foje, Great Plains Communication
Topic: Social Intelligence in the Family Business
Speaker: Greg McCann, McCann Consulting, Inc.
Topic: Hire the Best and Fire the Rest
Speaker: Hunter Lott, Hire2Fire
Topic: Strategic Planning: Building a Thriving Family Business
Speaker: Kay Plantes, Plantes Company
Topic: Next Generation Training: Why Your Family Business Should Have A Plan
Cindy Iannarelli, Business Cents Resources
Topic: Excellence in Family Governance
Speaker: Amy Schuman, Family Business Consulting Group
Topic: Ethics: the Heart of a Family Business – An Interactive Forum
Speaker: Denis Collins, Edgewood College
2006 - 2007 Programs
Topic: The Importance of Being Lazy
Speaker: Al Gini, Loyola University
Topic: Creating Harmony in the Family Business
Speaker: Peter and Susan Glaser, Glaser & Associates, Inc.
Topic: Decision-Making and Succession Planning
Speaker: Victoria Husted Medvec, Kellogg School of Management
Topic: The Next Generation: Its Eight Biggest Challenges
Speaker: Greg McCann, McCann & Associates Consulting
Topic: Creating Effective Owners in the Family Business
Speaker: Drew Mendoza, Family Business Consulting Group
Topic: Top 10 Secrets of Family Business Success
Speaker: Helen Johnson-Leipold, Chairman & CEO of Johnson Outdoors; Chairman, Johnson Financial Group, Inc; and Chairman, The Johnson Foundation
2005 - 2006 Programs
Topic: Managing Change in the Family Business
Speaker: Bob Shaver, UW-Madison Executive Education Program Director
Topic: Compensation and the Family Business
Speaker: Bob Wilkening, Wilkening & Company
Topic: Resetting the Emotional Barometer
Speaker: Dr. Bonnie Brown Hartley, Transition Dynamics Inc.; Chester Weber, Wealthbridge Partners, LLC
Topic: How to Keep the Business in the Family and Protect the Senior Generation’s Financial Security
Speaker: Mark Bradley, Ruder Ware; John Zimdars, The Zimdars Company
Topic: Family Business Essentials: Helping Kids Make Sense of Growing Up in a Family Business
Speaker: Dr. Cindy Iannarelli, Business Cents Resources
Topic: Family Dynamics and Family Governance
Speaker: Kelin Gersick, Lansberg-Gersick & Associates LLC
Topic: How Boards and Owners of a Family Business Can Work Together Effectively and Productively
Speaker: Larry Hause, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.; Cary Tutelman, CJT Company
Topic: 2nd Annual Summer Tailgate Party
Speaker: Dick Leinenkugel, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company
2004 - 2005 Programs
Topic: Heir Conditioning
Speaker: Peggy Eddy, Creative Capital Management Inc.
Topic: Communication and Conflict Resolution in the Family Business
Speaker: Dr. Joe Astrachan, Director, and Kristi McMillan, Associate Director; Cox Family Enterprise Center, Kennesaw State University
Topic: Upstarts and Old Smarts: Four Generations in a Family Business
Speaker: Rebecca Ryan, Next Generation Consulting
Topic: Women at the Helm
Speaker: Dr. Cindy Iannarelli, Author, Instructor, Advisor.
Topic: A Tough Nut to Crack
Speaker: Play@work Performance Group
Topic: Emotional Control of Investments: The Role of Greed and Fear in Financial Decision Making
Speaker: John C. Thompson, Vice President, Thompson Investment Management
Topic: Summer Tailgate Party
Speaker: John Stollenwerk, President, CEO and Owner of Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corp.
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