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Talent & Balance: Attracting and Keeping Top Performers While Building a Sustainable Workplace - Today's workforce wants more than a paycheck - they want purpose, flexibility, growth, and a culture that supports long-term success. For family businesses, balancing high performance with employee wellbeing can be especially challenging. This program explores how family businesses can attract and retain top talent while building a healthy, resilient workplace culture. Panelists will share practical strategies around leadership, flexibility, burnout prevention, and employee engagement - creating environments where people genuinely want to stay and grow. Whether you're struggling to hire, improve retention, or build a stronger workplace for the future, this conversation offers valuable insights for family business leaders at every stage. ... read more

Compensation in a family business is deeply personal, often raising questions of fairness, value, identity, and legacy. Join attorneys Bea Wolper and Meredith Sugar for a practical discussion on creating legally sound compensation plans that support both business performance and family harmony. Drawing on real-world family business examples, they’ll cover how to move from “equal” pay to “fair” pay based on role and performance, address sensitive situations that can create perceptions of favoritism, and outline key guidelines for family employment, pay structure, bonuses, dividends, and non-equity incentives. Whether you are building a compensation framework for the first time or refining existing practices, this roundtable will offer clear, practical guidance you can use in your family business. ... read more