The Conway Center for Family Business provides highly relevant, topical and original programming that helps members learn, stay informed and share experiences with their peers. These family-focused educational programs are unique to the Center and cannot be found anywhere else in Central Ohio.
In addition, we offer enjoyable social interactions that allow members to build strong relationships. We believe that some of the most productive experiences are created in less formal, group settings where relationships can be built, ideas shared and new opportunities hatched.
Just some of these activities include our annual Family Business Awards & Expo, Monthly Educational Programs, numerous group Educational Opportunities, and Networking and Social Events, Please explore our Events Calendar below for topics that will help you solve your family business challenges.
Events Calendar
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Thursday Jan 2, 2025
The Rising CEO Peer Group is for next gens who will be taking a greater leadership position in their family business. The group is by invitation only and there is an additional annual fee to attend.
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group, Rising CEO
Tuesday Jan 7, 2025
For non-family C-suite leaders working in a family business. Peer-to-peer driven, sessions focus on objective and thoughtful insight and advice from those in similar situations. Additional fee to attend. Pre-approval to join and RSVP required.
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group, C-Suite Non-Family Leaders
Wednesday Jan 8, 2025
What’s My Role? - This is a special session of our Next Gen Leaders Group, where the focus is all about you! Understanding ourselves is a necessary component of leadership. It's important that we take time to reflect, and what better time than at the start of the new year? We'll explore some tools to help us better understand our role within the family business, and how we can learn from each other as we explore more of who we are. We'll build on this foundation in our February session.
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Categories: Next Generation Leaders, CCFB Professional Development Program
Live Webinar: Maximize Company Value While Developing The Next Generation of Family Business Leaders
Thursday Jan 9, 2025
There are 8 key factors that drive value in your family business. Whether you anticipate transitioning ownership in the next two years or the next 20, founders who focus on shoring up these key areas can create a financially sound, operationally strong business that will platform the next generation for success.
Join us January 9 from 10-11 AM as we explore what makes your company valuable through the eyes of an acquirer, and why that matters in a family business that is destined to be passed on to the next generation.
8 Key Drivers:
Financial Performance
Growth Potential
Dependence on Key Employees, Suppliers or Customers
Cash Flow Influencers
Creating Recurring Revenue
Differentiating Your Business from Competitors
Customer Satisfaction
Your Company’s Ability to Perform in the Absence of the Owner
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Categories: CCFB Webinar
Thursday Jan 9, 2025
Friday Jan 10, 2025
This group is for EOS Integrators or the equivalent on the leadership team. These facilitated sessions will provide group members the opportunity to get and share advice on EOS best practices as well as implementation challenges and other issues they are facing.
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group, EOS Integrator
Tuesday Jan 14, 2025
Wednesday Jan 15, 2025
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Categories: Member-Sponsored Event
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Join us as leading family business owners share proven strategies for sustainable growth, governance, and family harmony.
Key Topics:
Governance structures that work
Family councils and boards
Communication protocols
Conflict resolution frameworks
Next-gen development
Financial management
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Categories: CCFB Educational Program
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
The Conway Strong CEO Peer Group is for Presidents and CEOs of family-owned businesses. The group is by invitation only and there is an additional annual fee to attend.
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group, CEO
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Mastering Goals for Leadership Success - Start 2025 smart and guarantee success for yourself, your team, and your family business. Tami Chapek, CEO and Founder of WeInspireWe will facilitate this interactive program. She will review unique goal setting methodologies and best practices for goal setting, action planning, and empowering your leadership abilities toward success.
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Categories: Leadership Development, CCFB Professional Development Program
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Join Becky Fromkes, Professional EOS Implementer, as she leads you through a hands on workshop focused on healthy and effective habit building.
Key concepts will be include the Four Laws of Behavior Change, the importance of systems over goals, and habit stacking. Learn about the science behind habit building and why it matters.
Walk away with principles that can be applied in your personal life, your family business or both.
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Categories: CCFB Roundtable
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Tuesday Feb 4, 2025
For non-family C-suite leaders working in a family business. Peer-to-peer driven, sessions focus on objective and thoughtful insight and advice from those in similar situations. Additional fee to attend. Pre-approval to join and RSVP required.
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group
Thursday Feb 6, 2025
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Categories: CCFB Professional Development Program, Practical Tools for Managers
Thursday Feb 6, 2025
The Rising CEO Peer Group is for next gens who will be taking a greater leadership position in their family business. The group is by invitation only and there is an additional annual fee to attend.
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group, Rising CEO
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
How Do I Know What Kind of a Leader I am? -
What do great leaders do? The answer, according to Daniel Goleman (leadership expert and a pioneer in emotional intelligence), is that they get results. But how? Goleman has outlined 6 different leadership styles, and in this session, we will discover what they are, how they impact the workplace, and how to know what kind of a leader we are. We’ll also look at ways we can grow in our leadership style to reach our full potential as leaders in our family business.
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Categories: Next Generation Leaders, CCFB Professional Development Program
Tuesday Feb 18, 2025
Leadership reDEFYned – Your Pathway to Authentic Leadership
Authenticity is key for great leadership. Rather than behave like the leaders before you, this program is designed to support your leadership development pathway by starting from within. Family business leaders will walk away with a vision for their own personal leadership approach tapping into strengths and leadership aspiration to inspire your own leadership growth as well as to create a ripple effect around you too.
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Categories: Leadership Development, CCFB Professional Development Program
Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
During this session we will explore steps that your organization can take to build a comprehensive well-being strategy, to support your employees and the overall health of your organization. A comprehensive strategy can include three foundational steps to moving your plan forward: gaining leadership support, building an inclusive well-being strategy team, and utilizing data and measurement to support your initiatives. Regardless of the size of your organization, budget, or experience these steps can help you identify your next steps and put thought into action.
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Categories: CCFB Webinar
Thursday Feb 20, 2025
The Three Circle Model, developed by Renato Tagiuri and John Davis at Harvard Business School, explains how family businesses operate through three interconnected systems:
1. Family: Blood relations and spouses
2. Business: The company's operations and management
3. Ownership: Shareholders/stakeholders who own the business
The model illustrates seven possible positions where individuals can exist, from being solely in one circle (family member only, employee only, or investor only) to occupying overlapping positions (family member-owner, family member-employee, owner-employee) or all three simultaneously.
This framework helps identify sources of conflict, roles, priorities, and relationships within family businesses, making it useful for strategic planning and conflict resolution.
Panelists:
Alison Marker, President + CEO, Marker, Inc.
Ben Tarrier, President, Tarrier Steel Company
Facilitated by Ryan Yeoman, Professional Implementer, EOS WorldWide
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Categories: CCFB Educational Program
