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******************************** THEME: What parents can do to assure that the family business does not become a source of conflict among their children, particularly when they have both daughters and sons. 

SUMMARY: Hear how one daughter, whose family owned a business, became a pioneering researcher on women in family businesses and a consultant focused on helping family businesses thrive. 

FEATURED GUEST: Dr. Kathy Overbeke 

ORGANIZATIONS: Case Western Reserve University, Family Business Research Fellow; GPS: Generation Planning Strategies, Advisor

CONTACT: [email protected];[email protected];[email protected]. - Phone: (216) 346-2092 

KEY QUOTES: 

* "It’s easy to fall on gender norms to make decisions, but it doesn’t work very well." * "It’s not that families want to undermine their daughters…they just don’t know how to include them in the system." * "Creating a shared vision is very helpful…talking about the family’s hopes and dreams for the family and for the business..that framework that can help them solve problems." 

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******************************** THEME: Mother and daughters working together, sharing a commitment to their business, can enjoy each other and make a strong and effective team.   

SUMMARY: Jennifer Thieme Kehres describes how her father’s invention led to an international business that inspired her to work with her parents and has provided her with a very satisfying career and family life. 

FEATURED GUEST: Jennifer Thieme Kehres 

ORGANIZATION: Amigo Mobility International, Inc.

WEBSITE: www.myamigo.com

CONTACT: [email protected]; twitter: @amigojen 

KEY QUOTES: 

* "I realized I would never be as satisfied in any career as I would be working in the family business." * "It’s a novel thing to have a mother/daughter sales team.  There’s a unique level of trust.  I trust her to lead a conversation with a customer and vice-versa." * “When you’re growing up, you’re used to 'table talk’…when you become a new employee you’re exposed to some of the insider knowledge.  I’ve tried to focus in on my current role and sequester myself.  I see a bigger picture, but right now I want to be a good salesperson, and focus on that.”    

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THEME: What does it takes to be in business with people you love?

SUMMARY: Janna discusses two issues that she considers especially important for daughters: understanding your role in the family business, and learning to manage the boundaries between home and work. 

FEATURED GUEST: Janna Hoiberg, business owner, family business consultant, and author of  The Family Business:  How to be in Business with People You Love Without Hating Them.

ORGANIZATION: Action COACH

WEBSITE: Jannahoiberg.com

CONTACT: [email protected]; 719-358-6936

KEY QUOTES:

* "The family business isn’t black and white.  There are grays all over the place.” * “In traditional non-family businesses, you wouldn’t get hired without having some idea of what you’re going to do…but in the family business, that gets blurry." * "You have the power to be what you want to be and don’t let anybody or anything stand in your way.” 

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Summary: Jessica Lima Bollin describes the way she learned to navigate her role at her family’s business.  She discusses how she has learned to coach and lead her siblings, build a team, and handle the challenges-and gratifications-of being a working mother. Featured Guest:  Jessica Lima Bollin, Director of Marketing and CommunicationsOrganization: Best Upon Request. Website: www.bestuponrequest.com Contact:[email protected]   Key Quotes: * "We were very intentional.  We are a business family first, and a family business second.”

* "Going from an individual contributor, to being accountable for other people’s work, and being there for them…it’s hard."

* "Mommy, I’m growing up.  And soon I’m coming to the office with you.  I’m going to work.” 

Theme: Developing a plan for philanthropy within your family’s business can lead to meaningful conversations about your family’s values…and yours. Summary:  Penny Friedman, a trusted advisor to family businesses, discusses current trends in philanthropy, the role that women can play in helping their families develop a plan for philanthropy, and the way that giving circles provide opportunities for women to mentor each other as they develop strategies for giving within their communities. Featured Guest: Penny Friedman, Senior Advisor, Ignite Philanthropy Advisors Organization: Ignite Philanthropy Advisors Website:www.ignitephilanthropy.com Contact:[email protected] Key Quotes: * “People want to be much more hands on with with where there money is going”. * "Daughters could learn a lot from joining giving circles…even if they don’t have a lot to contribute." * "It’s important to ask, 'Is this an organization I want to be involved in, or do I want to be involved in something that helps my business.’" 

Niki Ververelli uses her marketing talents in her family’s consulting engineering firm.  

Summary:  Niki discovered that helping her dad celebrate his firm’s 50th anniversary opened the door for her to enter and thrive there.  She talks about what it’s like to work in a male-dominated field, to take on a new role for the firm, and to learn more about her family’s history in the process. Featured Guest:  Niki Ververelli, Director of Communications, Business Development Organization: Dimitri J. Ververelli, Inc. Website:djvinc.com Contact:[email protected] Key Quotes: * "I will admit there was a joke to see how long I would last until my father fired me." * "My coming in here is a gift...because I get to know my father in a different way.” * "It’s not a job…when it’s family business you care so much more." 

Summary:  Leslie answers the question, "What's vital to your success as a family business leader?" She shares some of her ideas about the ways daughters can gain legitimacy as they develop their roles and manage the relationships within their family's business. Leslie has broad and deep experience consulting with family businesses and working with women leaders in family businesses.  She hosts an annual conference entitled, "Women in Family Business." 

Featured Guest:

Leslie Dashew, Family Business Consultant and Managing Partner

Organization:

Aspen Family Business Group, LLC

Websites: 

www.aspenfamilybusiness.com

www.lesliedashew.com

Contact: 

[email protected]

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Books: 

The Keys to Family Business Success

Key Quotes:

• "Often daughters can be better successors to their fathers than sons can..they don't have the competition that fathers and sons have,  and they can be nurturing and supportive of their dads."

• "Young people want the balance their parents didn't have."

• "Own your goals and dreams...one has to lead your own life before you can own your family business."

Summary:  Kelly Backscheider is Marketing Manager for BGR, her family's

industrial packaging supplier. She talks about her transition from working

for several years in a large corporate setting to working in her family's

business.

Organization:  BGR, Inc.          

Website:  www.bgr.us                  

Contact:  [email protected]                  

Key Quotes:

• "It's a world I never thought I'd go back into.  It's boxes."

• "You have the opportunity at a small business-a family business-to see that you have an impact.  To really see the fact that you're making a difference."

• "I had to get over my ego."  

Kate and her husband both work in her family’s business, which was founded in 1934. Hear Kate talk about her career and family history, and how she and her husband are carrying on her family legacy into the next generation.