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The Difficult Succession of the First Family’s Business

This is an excerpt from an article Conway Center Co-Founder Bea Wolper wrote for Columbus CEO: Setting aside politics and conflicts, the process of quickly transferring President-elect Trump’s interests to his children will be difficult at best—especially without the “journey of succession” that needs to occur when a family business transitions to the next generation. Successfully […]

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Perception is Key to the Decision-Making Process

By Jennifer Griffith, Ohio-Area Regional President of First Merchants Bank Perceptions of value, convenience and ability are central to how we weed out the massive number of potential companies we choose to do business with. Knowing the importance of client perceptions, we recently engaged with Saperstein Associates to conduct focus groups with our retail customers

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And the nominees are….

Our 18th Annual Family Business Awards and Expo will be here soon! Please join us for lunch on November 7th at the Hilton Easton as we celebrate the accomplishments of outstanding family businesses in Central Ohio. We will announce the winners and hear from our Family Business of the Year, Highlights for Children and our Lifetime

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The Importance of Symbols

 By Jennifer Griffith, Conway Center Service Provider and Ohio Regional President of First Merchants Bank.  Last summer, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced plans for a redesign of the $10 bill, marking the first time in more than a century that a woman will be featured on a United States bill. We will be joining ten other

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Leading Others

Employee Engagement

How do compaines engage and motivate employees? Don’t know? Come find out on March 19th at our next educational program facilitated by Skip Murray of Murray Associates. He’ll lead a discussion on “Keys to Engaging and Motivating Non-Family and Family Employees in oyr Family Business.” Skip really knows his stuff and will have a great panel of

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Inside Family Business

Inside the Family Business – Boundaries & Best Practices

Inside The Family Business: Boundaries and Best Practices Frank L. Festi, Jr. – Rea & Associates, a Conway Center Service Provider There are few things more gratifying to me than when I observe a successful family business already in its third (or later) generation of existence. It’s not a coincidence that these family-owned businesses are

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