Submitted by KeyBank, a Conway Center Service Provider – Timing wise, fraud always picks up around the fourth quarter/holidays so it’s the best time to be vigilant and set parameters in place.[/testimonial] The threat of fraud often centers on the continually evolving technologies used to conduct business and online banking. According to the 2014 Association […]
By Alex Freytag, Partner at ProfitWorks LLC and Conway Center for Family Business Service Provider. Alex will be presenting at our December 18th Educational Program on Strategic Planning. Don’t miss it! Cascading and Communication There’s a great visual metaphor for business related to the concept of cascading. The idea is that you can conceive of
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Submitted by Graham Shippy – Safex, Inc. Part of planning for the upcoming year includes establishing your business goals and what you’d like to achieve. Research shows that when a business has measurable goals in place, they’re more likely to accomplish them. Further, more than three-quarters of small business owners say they haven’t achieved their
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By Morgan Hembree, Psy.D., MBA, BCB – Integrated Leadership Systems While being only three months out from the completion, defense, and binding of my dissertation gives me a certain perspective, I can say with virtual certainty that the dissertation process is one of the most painful things I will ever endure. For over two years
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Bob Spence Director of Human Resources Mid-City Electric Want To Improve Your Hiring Success? I have spent over 35 years working in human resources as an administrator, a consultant and as an HR Manager in a family-owned and operated business. As a consultant, more than 75% of my clients were family-owned and operated businesses. During
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op 3 Excuses for NOT Recycling Submitted by: Rumpke Waste & Recycling – Conway Center member since 2011 Every business has one thing in common – they all generate trash. As recycling becomes more common among businesses, many companies run into roadblocks when starting a recycling program. Here are ways to tackle three of the
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From time to time, we’ll post Bea Wolper’s “A-Z Keys to Family Business Success” followed by a question from one of our members on the topic – here’s A: A- Advisory Board. Choose a few trusted people not working in the business who will give unbiased opinions to your CEO in three or four meetings
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Welcome to the Conway Center’s blog! We plan to use this space to talk about issues and topics of interest to family owned businesses. What about family business, you ask? ANYTHING. EVERYTHING. We’ll have input from members, Service Providers, and other family business industry leaders. And, we want you, yes YOU, to be a guest
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Beatrice E. Wolper Emens & Wolper Law Firm We are often asked “why shouldn’t I just use L____ Z____ or S____ O____ for my estate documents since the minimum charge for a will is under $100?” “Why shouldn’t I use the internet’s form for my trust since the minimum cost is only $250?” “Living wills are only $40;
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