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February 2018
Leadership Coaching & Strategies: Find Your Why
Our kick-off event for 2018, which will set the theme for all our learning events of the year. Member families and lab members are invited to "find your why". Each of us has a "why" that can inspire great things as we improve and increase our leadership skills.
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How to Use Retirement Plans to Keep Top Employees
We keep hearing how hard it is to retain your most talented workers when competition is so tough. One overlooked opportunity is often your family business's employer-sponsored retirement plan. Come learn with us how to build your program in a way that can truly contribute to your family business's future success. Your family business's employees are your most valuable asset. Helping them prepare for their retirement years just makes good business sense. Participants will learn the value of providing employer-sponsored…
Find out more »November 2017
How the “Purell” Family is Navigating Transitions in a Unique Way
The family behind GOJO, maker of Purell hand sanitizer, has reinvented the classic family business model to create Kanfer Family Enterprise (KFE), which allows every family member to work on his or her preferred venture, yet still be part of the family business. GOJO is the engine of KFE, but currently only Marcella Kanfer Rolnick and her father, Joe, work at GOJO. Joe is chairman, and Marcella is vice chair. All the other family members work in the wide range of industries and…
Find out more »October 2017
Best Practices for Preparing Your Family Business for Transition
Presented with EDU Partners RKL and Fox Rothschild LLP Letting go can be difficult. Trying to prepare for transition with the business and balancing your own personal financial needs with the needs of the business can feel overwhelming. Come hear Paula Barrett from RKL and Andy Santana from Fox Rothschild talk more about how to prepare for transition. Learn and ask questions about: Innovative approaches and simple next steps to guide the process Choices other senior generation leaders have made and what they learned
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An Introduction to Family Councils – 2nd Offering
Due to popular request, we've created a second opportunity to attend! A family council is a place for the family to uncover values, develop policies, and carve a direction for the future. Learn from DVFBC and Members at this Best Practice Event. We will begin by enjoying breakfast with other Member families. Learn the following from DVFBC and Member Families, including Laboratory Testing, Inc. (Hatfield, PA), Oakshire Mushroom Farm (Kennett Square, PA), and Vertex, Inc. (King of Prussia, PA), who have launched Family Councils: What a Family Council is and why…
Find out more »An Introduction to Family Councils
A family council is a place for the family to determine values, policies, and direction for the future. Learn more about how a Family Council can help your family business. A family council is a place for the family to determine values, policies, and direction for the future. Join the DVFBC Team at this Best Practice Event and learn more about how to take the first steps toward a family council, and how it can develop each family member within a…
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