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Family-owned businesses account for 59% of the United States’ private sector workforce, employing more than 83 million people, according to familybusiness.org. Suffice it to say, family firms make up a significant portion of the economy, with businesses large and small sharing common challenges with managing the employees that drive business growth. While family businesses, overall, […]

  The judges met and the results are in! Here are the honorees we will be celebrating at our 25th Annual Family Business Awards program on November 15th! Community Engagement – Anthony-Thomas Candy Company Conway Center Champion – The Conway Family Family Business of the Year – West Ohio Tool Co. Lifetime Achievement – David […]

The American workplace isn’t what it used to be, and the qualities attributed to strong leadership have evolved. While a strong and decisive personality can help you pave the way to move your organization forward, empathy and compassion are now just as important. Team members want an empathetic leader who can be present throughout the […]

The 12th Annual Family Business Forecast survey, conducted by the Conway Center for Family Business, revealed that more than 8 in 10 Central Ohio family business leaders­ are satisfied with the current state of their family business at the midway point of 2023. Six in 10 (63.5%) Central Ohio family business leaders predict their business […]

We are deeply saddened by the passing of our dear friend and co-founder, J. Richard “Dick” Emens. Dick died peacefully at home on June 28 after a lengthy battle with melanoma.

While the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) has been around for a few years, we are just now starting to see IRS audits of these credits begin in earnest. Just because a refund has been paid, it doesn’t mean you’re free and clear.

You’ve made a significant investment by purchasing, constructing, or upgrading property, but you may be overlooking a smart tax strategy. It’s a given that you want to increase your cash flow and reduce your taxes. A cost segregation study can help you do that by depreciating real property over much shorter periods of time than […]

Family businesses are finding Entrepreneurial Operating System, or EOS, an incredibly useful approach that is flexible enough to evolve with their changing circumstances. If your family business is currently running EOS and you are an EOS Integrator or the equivalent on the leadership team, join our EOS Integrator Peer Group. Held quarterly, these facilitated sessions […]

At Conway Center for Family Business, we always tell our members that it’s never too early to think about family business succession planning. Too late, for sure. But too early, never! With that in mind, where are you in your family business succession planning journey? These guidelines might help you to start thinking about how […]

THE FIRST 10 YEARS As we said in “The Beginning,” for the first few years, there was no paid staff at the Family Business Center of Central Ohio.  Bea Wolper and Dick Emens planned the educational programs, started the Women in Family Business Peer Group, and invited family business leaders and business experts to speak […]