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Monthly Message — September 2014 Leadership Lessons: The Crane Group – A Family Business Success Story September 18 – 7:30-9:00 a.m. Community Room in Alumni Hall Ohio Dominican University 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus, 43219 Program presented by: The Crane story began in the 1920s, when Robert S. Crane built a business based on designing and […]

The Conway Center for Family Business will host Leadership Lessons: The Crane Group – A Family Business Success Story from 7:30-9:00 a.m. on September 18 at Ohio Dominican University in the Community Room in Alumni Hall. Fourth generation Crane family members Brian Westwater and Dan Crane, both financial directors for the company, will share how […]

Ohio Dominican University (ODU) welcomes Conway Center for Family Business co-founders J. Richard Emens, J.D. and Beatrice Wolper, J.D. as adjunct instructors this fall. Emens and Wolper, who lead the region’s only organization dedicated to helping family business leaders grow and transition their business, will teach Building, Operating and Passing on a Family Business. The […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Monthly Message — August 2014 Family Business Tour and Networking Event August 14 – 4:00-6:30 p.m. Spartan Logistics 4140 Lockbourne Rd, Columbus, 43207 Directions Get a behind the scenes look at one of the hottest industries in town while you spend time networking with family business peers. To make things even more fun, this open-house-style […]

Business advisory groups comprised of individuals from similar industries or performing similar roles have become useful tools for business leaders. Family business presidents and CEOs are no exception. The objective of the Conway Center for Family Business CEO Peer group, which I facilitate, is to provide a forum that allows the leaders of family-owned companies […]

One of the hottest topics in business management will be addressed next week when The Conway Center for Family Business hosts Handling Health Care Changes – An Update for Family Business on July 17 at Ohio Dominican University in the Alumni Center Community Room. Scott Rider, founder of Rider + Reinke Financial Group, and Ed […]

Central Ohio Family Businesses Have Positive Outlook for 2014 Despite Hiring and Health Care Challenges This is up from 40.7 percent in the 2013 survey, and is one reason the Conway Center added a Human Resources Peer Group this year – to help family business leaders deal with these kinds of issues.