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THEME: Creating Value in Family Businesses

SUMMARY: A strategic management consultant and serial entrepreneur discusses the importnace of creating value in a family business and how women can position themselves as leaders. 

FEATURED GUEST: Alison Gerlach, host of “The Unapologetic Capitalist” podcast, management consultant, and speaker on women in business

CONTACT: www.theunapologeticcapitalist.com

KEY QUOTES:   * "Financial discussions with your family are difficult.  There are added layers of family dynamics and politics..they’re the 'uninvited guests’. The most successful discussions are the ones that can focus on the longevity of the business as a business creating value.    * “Success is the first part of the word of succession.”    * "Sometimes we care so much what other people think of us.  The problem is when we prioritize those needs over the importance of being productive and creating value.  Woman can focus their talent and effort on the work…let the work speak for itself."  

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THEME: How Enterprising is YOUR Family?

SUMMARY: Greg McCann, professor and family business consultant, discusses enterprising families and how both young men an and women can develop as leaders and entrepreneurs in their family businesses.

FEATURED GUEST: Greg McCann, Professor at Stetson University, Founder of McCann Associates, Second generation family business owner.

KEY QUOTES:   "Young women often don’t give themselves enough credibility."   "Daughters place great emotional meaning in what their fathers say."   “Family involvement is a strategic advantage."      

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THEME: Mother and Daughter, Partners in Business

SUMMARY: A daughter learned how to work effectively with her mom and to make her own unique contributions to their family’s business.

FEATURED GUEST: Sarah Grace Mohr

CONTACT: [email protected]

KEY QUOTES:

• "The first time I came back to the business, my mother and I were not ready to work together.  Now we work as a team.”

• "One of our core values is curiosity.  When a client comes to us we don’t first try to fix it…we want to dig a little deeper.”

• “If you have any baggage with your parent-a mother or a father-you have to look at that and make sure it’s done before you work with them.”

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THEME: Creating Policies Rooted in Family Values

SUMMARY: A daughter from a successful family business is playing a part in influencing policies that will support employees and their families as her family's business grows.

FEATURED GUEST: Elizabeth Barber

ORGANIZATION: Emmert

WEBSITE: www.emmert.com

CONTACT: [email protected]

KEY QUOTES:   * "I don't feel like I'm leaving my family to have a career."   * "When our daughter - age 6 - comes down to the business...she take a marker...and tries to run a meeting."   * "I'm fighting for who comes after me. I'm not finished fighting for that 12 weeks of maternity leave."

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THEME: A Family Business Turns to Ebay

SUMMARY: A daughter who grew up in her mother's costume business turned to Ebay to sell vintage clothing, honoring her mom and inspiring her children.

FEATURED GUEST: Stacy Marinelli

CONTACT: Rainbow Vintage Costume (Google, Facebook, Twitter)

KEY QUOTES:   * “If we did not have it, my mother created it."   * “We would work as a family in the warehouse…and one of the jobs I remember distinctly was pulling the buttons and any stones or hooks and eyes of any value. With each box I open from our inventory, it’s like opening a book."   * "You never know how the family members who grow up in a family business will feel about the business.”

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THEME: How to Engage the Third Generation

SUMMARY: A third generation daughter describes her family’s transition to new business opportunities, the role she is playing to support their success, and the way that a family council can help to bring the family together.

FEATURED GUEST: Lauren Tracy

CONTACT: [email protected]

KEY QUOTES:   * "Our family council has a rule:  Third generation members are required to work elsewhere for 3 years.”   * “When I returned, I learned that I knew very little about the business. I had to keep an open mind and work as hard as I could.”   * "The business brings us together.  We’re very fortunate, but there are challenges.  As we continue to grow, how do we stay close knit?  How do we keep everybody reconnecting?  We doing work on what the future will look like.”   

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THEME: Does Your Job Reflect Your Values?

SUMMARY: A daughter from a very successful family business discusses what and how she learned about herself and the impact that self-discovery has had on her career choices.  

FEATURED GUEST: Torri Hawley

CONTACT: [email protected].

KEY QUOTES:

• "I read the definition of success I wrote in my life plan…five years later, I’m in line with that."
• "Telling your mother 'No, I can’t come home and help you fix the family issues', is really difficult."
• “Don’t be afraid to put yourself in challenging situations that will humble you."

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THEME: Ready to Own Your Family’s Business?

SUMMARY: Two sisters discuss their transition to ownership in their family’s electrical business, how they and their brothers decided to become a woman-owned business, and the way they contribute to helping girls in their community develop skills and self-confidence.

FEATURED GUESTS: Katie Denier Koetters and Susan Denier Laumann 

ORGANIZATION: Denier Electric Company, Inc.

KEY QUOTES:

* "Our dad always called Denier Electric 'the baby’. 'The mentality of the whole company is 'what’s good for the baby'."   * “A lot of general contractors have asked us why we haven’t become woman-owned. There’s more of a demand now for minority-owned businesses.  We want to make things easier for our contract managers…it will help tremendously.  It’s mainly to help our people.”   * “We’re here every day. We work in and on the business every day…when we sent out our application to be woman-owned, we felt really good about it.  Sometimes you don’t know how much you know about the business until you start talking about it."

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THEME: Could You Work with Your Mother?

SUMMARY: Elizabeth and Sally Hilton discuss the rewards of working together in their clothing business as they carry on their family legacy.

FEATURED GUEST: Elizabeth and Sally Hilton

ORGANIZATION: Isis Fuller Figure Fashion

WEBSITE: wwwIsisfullerfigure.com

KEY QUOTES:

* "We’re a lot more honest with each other because there’s not that boardroom fear factor." * "If we both give and take a bit, that’s how it works." * "If she gives me the ‘mummy look…that’s code for 'we need to look at this from another perspective.’"  

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THEME:  Is Your Family Business At Risk?

SUMMARY: Moira Gettens, an insurance advisor, offers suggestions about how to make sure that you and your family’s business are protected from risk.  

FEATURED GUEST: Moira Gettens, Sales Executive with Oswald Companies

ORGANIZATION: Oswald Companies

WEBSITE: www.oswaldcompanies.com

CONTACT: 440-503-3678; email [email protected]

KEY QUOTES:   * "We find insurance is always the last thought on most people’s mind."   * "Many more women are making the decisions on insurance (personal and commercial), because of their nurturing and concern.  For them, it’s less of a transaction and more of a process."   * "In looking around for an advisor, look for someone you feel comfortable with and who will be responsive, and who will bring up new ideas and make sure you’re on the forefront of that industry."