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Family Business Programs
1) Four breakfast programs per year. Two in the spring and two in the fall.
2) Luncheon for the women in the family businesses.
3) Awards dinner in the spring.
4) Leadership Development Program from Creighton faculty.
5) Understanding Financial Statements Seminar from Creighton faculty.
Types of Breakfast Programs
These programs will cover a wide variety of topics that have an interest and benefit for family businesses. The meetings would start at 7:30 AM and last about two hours. There will be speakers, demonstrations and/or panel discussions on the topic of the day. We will also have speakers from a family business tell the story of their company.
There is a wide range of topics such as:
- Compensation and Motivation in the Family Business
- Succession Planning
- Estate Planning
- ESOP Plans
- Family Councils or Meetings (Improving Communication)
- Outside Board Members, Board of Advisors or Mentors
- When and How to Bring the Kids into the Business
- Keys to Strategic Renewal
- Resolving Conflict
- Transferring Ownership and Leadership
- Retirement Needs of the Senior Generation
- Attracting and Retaining Key Non-Family Employees
- Buy/Sell Agreements -- Funding and Updated Appraisals
Membership Benefits for Family Businesses
• Participation by all family business members in several programs a year.
• Special access to the Leadership Development Program Elective.
• Networking with other business owning families.
• Introduction to family business experts and resources.
• Exposure to Creighton University faculty and resources.
• Accessing successful senior family business owners as mentors.
• Sharing and learning from other family business members.
• Getting different prospective from other small business owners.