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Tuesday May 20, 2025
Saying Yes to Saying No: Boundary Setting for Impact -
In a world of competing priorities and pressing needs, it is hard to say no, but sometimes saying no is the only way to truly get ahead. In this session, we’ll analyze core priorities and assess approaches to boundary setting, communications, and accountability in family business.
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Categories: Leadership Development, CCFB Professional Development Program
Wednesday May 21, 2025
Wednesday May 21, 2025
Discover the transformative power of philanthropy in family-owned businesses during this engaging webinar. Scott Hilbert from Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation will share insights on enhancing brand reputation, attracting and retaining customers, and boosting employee engagement through charitable initiatives. Discover practical approaches and inspiring stories that show the benefits of giving back. Don't miss this chance to elevate your business through the power of philanthropy!
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Categories: CCFB Webinar
Thursday May 22, 2025
Ensure the future of your family business by securing the essential legal documents needed for effective succession planning. Without these safeguards, your family business could face significant challenges during transitions. Join us for this roundtable discussion as we revisit the foundational documents every family business should have in place to protect its legacy.
Discuss will include:
* Estate planning documents
* Buy-sell agreements
* Transfer of assets beyond stock
* Proper asset titling
Attorneys Bea Wolper of Emens Wolper Jacobs & Jasin and Meredith Sugar of Taft/ will offer practical advice and answer your questions, helping you navigate the complexities of family business succession with confidence. Don't miss this opportunity!
Generously sponsored by Morgan Stanley
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Categories: CCFB Roundtable, Succession Planning
Thursday May 22, 2025
Join OhioHealth for their annual Employer Thought Leadership event, where we will explore industry trends and creating a culture of well-being in the workplace. This year's theme, ''Unlock Your Company’s Superpower: An Employee-First Culture'' promises to be an insightful experience.
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Categories: Member-Sponsored Event
Thursday May 22, 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 May 27, 2025
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
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
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
Tuesday Aug 5, 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 Aug 7, 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
Thursday Aug 14, 2025
Wednesday Aug 20, 2025
Tuesday Aug 26, 2025
Thursday Aug 28, 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 Sep 2, 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 Sep 4, 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 Sep 5, 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
Wednesday Sep 10, 2025
Managing, Engaging, and Motivating Your Team - You’re a leader in your family business, but do you know what it takes to foster employee engagement, manage your team effectively, and motivate your employees to work toward the common goal? And what can you learn about management from previous generations? A good leader and a good manager are two different things, as we’ll learn in this session. We’ll discuss what management is all about and set up to go deeper in our October group meeting.
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Categories: Next Generation Leaders, CCFB Professional Development Program
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
The “New” Emotional Intelligence - Emotional intelligence is a term that is used often and rarely understood fully. Especially as generational dynamics continue to create divides between leaders and their team members in family business. Together, we’ll dive deep into the essence of emotional intelligence with a new lens: empathy. This approach not only empowers leaders but all members of your team to be the best versions of themselves improving quality of work, output, and overall results.
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Categories: Leadership Development, CCFB Professional Development Program
Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Thursday Sep 25, 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
Wednesday Oct 1, 2025
This workshop features hands-on/ practical application of the LMA (Lead+Manage=Accountable) tool and best practices on how to hold Quarterly Conversations. Together, these tools help leaders strengthen team management. It covers how to effectively lead with vision, manage with consistency, and hold employees accountable using EOS principles.
Learn how to conduct Quarterly Conversations—structured, one-on-one meetings to provide feedback, align expectations, and discuss growth opportunities. Whether your company runs on EOS or not, these practical, proven best practices apply to anyone in a leadership role.
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Categories: CCFB Professional Development Program, Practical Tools for Managers
Thursday Oct 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 Oct 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 Oct 8, 2025
What Do Great Managers Do? -
It’s been said that average managers play checkers, while great managers play chess (Marcus Buckingham, Harvard Business Review). So much of that ability is based on knowing your people and having a deep understanding of their gifts and potential. This session is based around that knowledge and will provide tools to help identify employees’ strengths and manage effectively according to the needs of our family business and our employees.
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Categories: Next Generation Leaders, CCFB Professional Development Program
Thursday Oct 9, 2025
Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
In this session, we will discuss the implications of failing to plan for the exit of a key player in a family business, either through voluntary termination, disability or death. What is the default plan, and what pitfalls can you expect?
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group, Women in Family Business
Wednesday Oct 15, 2025
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Creating High Performing Teams -
As your family business grows, so do the needs of your team members. Rather than hiring individuals that we like or who think like we do, we’ll spend time dissecting the best approaches to building high performing teams, retaining talent, and impacting the performance of the organization.
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Categories: Leadership Development, CCFB Professional Development Program
Thursday Oct 23, 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 Oct 28, 2025
Tuesday Nov 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, C-Suite Non-Family Leaders
Wednesday Nov 5, 2025
Effective Stress Management -
The holidays are coming up! That means fun, family, and STRESS. We spent some time last year learning about how anxiety affects us and how we can overcome it, but stress is different from anxiety. It’s important that we understand the difference so that we can effectively cope with stress as it comes to us in various forms. We’ll gain practical insights into how to manage stress, how to foster a work/life balance when we work with family and explore what our beliefs about stress have to do with how it affects us.
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Categories: Next Generation Leaders, CCFB Professional Development Program
Thursday Nov 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
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
Celebrate the accomplishments of Central Ohio family businesses at our 27th Annual Family Business Awards & Expo! The Awards Luncheon honors recipients in categories consistent with the success and longevity of a family business: leadership, planning, support, and community service.
Arrive early to ensure you have plenty of time to connect and interact with the numerous expo exhibitors! The Expo will be open from 10am until 12noon. If you're interested in becoming an exhibitor or would like additional details about the Expo, please visit our EXPO page to register and learn more.
Opportunities for Awards sponsorship and advertising in the Awards Program distributed to over 450 luncheon attendees are available!
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Categories: CCFB Networking & Social Events, CCFB Annual Awards Program
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
The Family Business Expo is a wonderful business development opportunity available exclusively to Conway Center members. We are thrilled to offer this event, providing you with the occasion to showcase your business, products, or services to the hundreds of family business leaders and advisors who will attend our 26th Annual Awards Program celebrating the accomplishments of family businesses.
NEW this year! All exhibiting companies will be featured in our interactive virtual Expo Directory flipbook to showcase your products and services.
Don't miss this amazing once-a-year opportunity to promote your business!
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Categories: CCFB Networking & Social Events, CCFB Annual Awards Program
Thursday Nov 13, 2025
Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
Gratitude as a Leadership Skill in Family Business - In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we’ll analyze how gratitude can be used as a leadership skill – not just for November, but throughout the year. This interactive program will support new and creative ways to use gratitude in your leadership approach as well as offer time for reflection to support bringing gratitude into your office that day.
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Categories: Leadership Development, CCFB Professional Development Program
Wednesday Nov 19, 2025
Tuesday Nov 25, 2025
Thursday Nov 27, 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 Dec 2, 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 Dec 3, 2025
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Categories: CCFB Professional Development Program, Practical Tools for Managers
Thursday Dec 4, 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
Wednesday Dec 10, 2025
How a Growth Mindset Helps our Family Business - Developments in neuroscience over the last decade have accelerated our understanding of the brain’s elasticity and ability to rewire itself. A common theme that has emerged among the research is that those who understand the importance of a growth mindset are the individuals who reach their goals in life and in business, leading to greater fulfillment. Our time this month will be spent learning how a growth mindset can be adapted, how it leads us to the fulfillment we seek, and how it can set a profitable future for our family business.
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Categories: Next Generation Leaders, CCFB Professional Development Program
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Celebrating Your Successes - Being a great leader in your family business is a journey, not a destination. As we close out the 2025 calendar year, we will take inventory of your year – celebrating what worked, celebrating what didn’t, and laying the groundwork for a fruitful 2026 to follow.
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Categories: Leadership Development, CCFB Professional Development Program
Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 1, 2026
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 6, 2026
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 Jan 8, 2026
Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
Thursday Jan 22, 2026
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 27, 2026
Tuesday Feb 3, 2026
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 5, 2026
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
Thursday Feb 12, 2026
Wednesday Feb 18, 2026
Tuesday Feb 24, 2026
Thursday Feb 26, 2026
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 Mar 3, 2026
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 Mar 5, 2026
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
Thursday Mar 12, 2026
Wednesday Mar 18, 2026
Tuesday Mar 24, 2026
Thursday Mar 26, 2026
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
Thursday Apr 2, 2026
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 Apr 7, 2026
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 Apr 9, 2026
Wednesday Apr 15, 2026
Thursday Apr 23, 2026
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 May 5, 2026
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 May 7, 2026
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
Thursday May 14, 2026
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