Education

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. ... read more

Join Julie for an intimate dinner, limited to 8 family members, and 1 service provider discussing random topics. The dates, locations, price points and times will vary each month, so you can find an evening that works best for you. All restaurants will be family-owned to stay within the Conway Center mission. Everyone is responsible for their own meal expenses. Registration is required. ... read more

Get Your Groove Back! Join us for a session themed “Get Your Groove Back” with motivational speaker Tracie Patten. We’ll look at human responses to trials, unpack why we react the way we do, switch our mindset to get through any hardship and find the woman you were designed to be. This will be an interactive and thought-provoking session sure to kick off your New Year with excitement about your journey ahead. The Women in Family Business Peer Group provides women leaders a safe space to learn, share and grow when discussion topics with members facing the same challenges. All Conway Center women are invited to attend these sessions! Generously sponsored by KeyBank ... read more

Family Business Employment Guidelines - Hiring family members in your family business is both an opportunity and a challenge of family business. It is very important to clearly delineate between the family member relationship and the employee relationship and to define clear expectations. Join us in a discussion of best practices when employing family members including: Will family members seeking full-time employment be encouraged to work in an outside business venture before joining the family business? Should your family business have a ''no in-laws'' policy? Should a job be created for a family member when no openings are currently available? What is the rationale for this decision? How to go about establishing boundaries and ways of avoiding favoritism of family members? Do family members have to adhere to behavior and performance standards established for other associates? This session will be offered virtually via ZOOM and is FREE to attend for all employees of any member business who belong to the Conway Center! ... read more

Justin and Stephanie Clarey, owners of Two Men and a Truck, will discuss their approach to reinvention. They will share how expanding their services not only helped grow their business, but also helped grow their people by providing more opportunity to take on new roles and responsibilities. New services and new roles in their company resulted in more customers, and the ability to grow their business despite the very challenging labor market. ... read more

This is an after-hours networking gathering for Conway Center members actively involved in any peer group. Not yet involved in peer groups? Sign up for a peer group today! Generously sponsored by Windsor Advisory Group. Registration is required. ... read more

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. ... read more

Leadership is complex; and especially for family businesses. This Leadership 2.0 group allows you to find your safe place for monthly support, peer mentoring and group coaching to discover how to lead well in ambiguity. By invitation only. ... read more

State and local tax issues affect nearly every transaction?day-to-day buying and selling, retiring assets, paying your employees, even adding on to your business or passing it on to the next generation. Start 2022 with an enhanced awareness of SALT issues that could affect your business. You are invited to join Clark Schaefer Hackett?s SALT experts to help you understand: * How SALT issues can thwart efforts to sell your business or leave future generations holding a bag of you-know-what * How work-at-home policies can create cat-herding-like compliance responsibilities * How multiple CATs can create an additional CAT (does not involve birds/bees) * What the heck a ?ghost asset? is and why it?s scary * Which state tax credits you should be aware of * How to get around the Federal SALT cap * How to identify which sales and purchases are taxable ... read more

Influencing Company Culture as a Family Member Facilitator: M.J. Clark, Integrated Leadership Systems Are you allowing your company culture to just evolve as you go, or are you, as a family member, taking active steps to create the culture your family desires? We’ll discuss how you can be part of molding the culture. ... read more

Are there conversations that you are not comfortable discussing with your team or family members? Do you ever feel like it's lonely at the top? Join us as we welcome Conway Center members Jessica Anderson, President, Anderson Concrete and her coach Donna Musilli from DM360 to learn how coaching can support your development as a business owner and a leader. Sara Canterbury of Rider + Reinke Financial Group will moderate this discussion. Learn how a coaching relationship focusing on interpersonal and leadership skills, with emphasis on measurable results, can support you to discover your own best answers when faced with business or personal challenges, and how this can have a powerful positive impact in family business. ... read more

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