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Tuesday Jun 3, 2025
Join Ryan Yeoman with EOS Worldwide for an in-person event at VisionSpark! Are you an EOS self-implementer looking to fine-tune your skills? Join us for a day of learning, networking, and growth. This event is designed to help you take your EOS implementation to the next level. Connect with fellow self-implementers, share best practices, and gain valuable insights. Don't miss this opportunity to sharpen your EOS skills and elevate your business. See you there!
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Categories: Member-Sponsored Event
Wednesday Jun 4, 2025
The Great Boss webinar focuses on helping leaders enhance their skills around creating clarity, building trust, and driving accountability within their teams. Leaders can expect to learn practical tools to set clear expectations, provide constructive feedback, and foster a culture of high performance. Designed for business owners, managers, and leaders, it helps them become more effective in coaching, decision-making, and empowering employees to thrive in their roles as a Boss!
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Categories: CCFB Webinar
Thursday Jun 5, 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
Friday Jun 6, 2025
This peer group is for C-Level executives in manufacturing or logistics family-owned businesses. The group meets quarterly over breakfast to discuss industry-specific trends and topics, as well as family business issues.
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group, Manufacturing/Logistics
Tuesday Jun 10, 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 Jun 11, 2025
Psychological Safety within the Family Business -
How would you rate your family business on elements of psychological safety? Do you feel that everyone has a voice and that calculated risk-taking is encouraged? In this session, we’ll learn the hallmarks of a psychologically safe workspace, how to cultivate psychological safety to build more inclusion, and what to do when there are areas for improving this important aspect of leadership and management.
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Categories: Next Generation Leaders, CCFB Professional Development Program
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
The Power of Family Business Power Lunch
Farhat Services Company is hosting some amazing Columbus business leaders for their June Power Lunch. It starts at 11:45 a.m. and generally go to about 12:55.
In June, their guests will discuss the power of family in business. The ups and downs, generational differences, and ultimately the resilience and longevity of these families and their businesses.
Their guests include:
Jill Hofmans, the executive director of the Conway Center for Family Business. The center is a space where family business leaders gather, share knowledge, and find support in navigating the unique challenges of family-owned enterprises.
Carla Epler, the COO of the Columbus institution Schmidt's Restaurant and Sausage Haus. Schmidt's has been in business since 1886. That's 140 years and still going strong.
Emily Chapman, marketing manager at Integrated Building Systems. IBS was created in 1979, 46 years and going...
And representing Farhat companies, is Grace Farhat, marketing manager of their Loquantur brand. They started their businesses in 1997 as The Technology Group, almost 30 years ago. And slowly transitioned into a multi-brand set of family owned businesses.
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Categories: Member-Sponsored Event
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Conscious Leadership -
As a leader, you have power. Not the kind of power where you tell people what to do, but the power to choose how you show up each and every day. In this program, we’ll explore the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions and also assess intention vs impact as leaders in family business.
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Categories: Leadership Development, CCFB Professional Development Program
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
Managing various types of leaves can quickly become overwhelming, and when it comes to tracking and stacking leaves, combined with the constantly changing landscape of state leave requirements for multi-state employers, it gets downright dissertation level demanding.
We’ll use our time together to clearly define various types of leave, such as paid parental, paid sick, unlimited PTO, etc. We'll discuss what employers in Ohio need to comply with and provide, and touch on the additional requirements of employers with employees in other states.
We’ll talk about how to read leave laws, how to track and stack leaves, and touch on FMLA, including who must be counted and whether you have “mini-FMLA” requirements to consider.
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Categories: CCFB Roundtable, CCFB Peer Group, Human Resources
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Join us for an insightful lunch and learn event, featuring speakers who will guide you through practical approaches to implementing AI in your organization.
Panelists:
John Farhat - President of AI Freedom Alliance and founder of Farhat Services Company, John will focus on strategies to ensure initial success in AI implementations, helping you avoid common pitfalls and achieve early wins.
Ryan Keller - Third gen Vice President of Triad Marketing & Media, Ryan will share real-world experiences implementing AI solutions at Triad Marketing & Media, with practical lessons and actionable takeaways.
Ravi Teneneti - Senior VP of Engineering at Jorie AI, Wharton graduate, and Forbes Technology Council member. Ravi will address the economic considerations, investment strategies, and ethical implications of AI projects.
This lunch and learn event provides a perfect opportunity to gain valuable insights into AI adoption strategies that deliver real business value.
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Categories: CCFB Roundtable
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Join us this year for our Golf Outing at The Golf Club of Dublin! Shotgun start begins at 9am. A grilled lunch will be available at the turn. A buffet reception following golf will start at 2pm. ALL Conway Center members are welcome, along with and any guests wanting to support the work of Central Ohio family-owned business - this outing is not exclusive to Conway Center membership.
Register even if you are not part of a foursome - we'll put you on a team! Great prizes will be awarded for Longest Drive, Longest Putt, Closest to the Pin, and Best Team Score!
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Categories: CCFB Networking & Social Events
Thursday Jun 26, 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 Jul 1, 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
Thursday Jul 3, 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 Jul 8, 2025
There is no shortage of challenges facing women in family business, both obvious and implicit. Social expectations, being taken seriously, owning accomplishments, building network support, balancing work and family, coping with fear of failure. In this session we will discuss some of these challenges and share best practices for coping with them day-to-day.
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group, Women in Family Business
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Transitions in a family business - whether leadership succession, generational shifts, or the launch of a new initiative - require clear, compelling communication. In this timely and practical session, Daniel Steinberg shares how family business leaders can use AI tools to craft presentations that build trust, gain buy-in, and make their vision stick.
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Categories: CCFB Webinar
Wednesday Jul 16, 2025
Friday Jul 18, 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 Jul 22, 2025
Thursday Jul 24, 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
