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Columbus Business First published an article based on our annual survey of Central Ohio Family Business leaders. They also spoke with Conway Center Executive Director Dick Emens about his take on the numbers. Here’s a snippet: “The Affordable Care Act has led significant changes in the way Central Ohio’s family-owned businesses manage health care, says […]

The Conway Center for Family Business will host Velvet Ice Cream: A Family Business Success Story from 7:30-9 a.m. on May 21 in the Community Room in Alumni Hall at Ohio Dominican University, 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus, OH 43219. Members of the Dager family, the founders and owners of 101-year-old Velvet Ice Cream, will lead […]

By Conway Center Service Provider Kelley King of SG Financial Services, LLC You have lived and died with the family business. Well, the “died” part may be an exaggeration. Nonetheless, you have poured your life into the business and nurtured it to be what it is today. The questions are: What do you want it […]

Monthly Message — April 2015 Eradicating Entitlement in Your Family Business April 16 – 7:30-9:00 a.m. Alumni Hall at Ohio Dominican University 1216 Sunbury Rd., Columbus, OH 43219 What does entitlement mean to you? Is it an annoying attitude displayed by the next gens in a family business? Is it unreasonable expectations that alienate family […]

Monthly Message — March 2015 Keys to Engaging and Motivating Non-Family and Family Employees in Your Family Business March 19 – 7:30-9:00 a.m. Alumni Hall at Ohio Dominican University 1216 Sunbury Rd., Columbus, OH 43219 Sponsored by KeyBank Some business owners have the mindset that if “I sign their paycheck, that’s all the motivation they […]

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 C: C- Communication. This is the single most important factor for success—without which the family business will fail. All family members, whether working in the business or not, and non-family managers, […]

The Conway Center for Family Business today announced that Deana Gordon has been named the Center’s Managing Director, according to J. Richard Emens, Executive Director. Gordon, of Grove City, has been the Conway Center’s Associate Director since 2011.

The Importance of an Advisory Board for a Small Family Business By: Suzanne Amstutz – Ohio Power Tool Inc. One of the issues that small businesses face, and especially a family business, is that the founders start their business taking on all the roles in the company. They are the marketing person, accountant, salesperson, human […]

The Conway Center for Family Business will host Keys to Engaging and Motivating Non-Family and Family Employees in Your Family Business from 7:30-9:00 a.m. on March 19 in the Community Room in Alumni Hall at Ohio Dominican University, 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus, 43219. The program will be led by Skip Murray, principal at Murray Associates, […]

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 […]