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Renowned National Family Business Speakers
Forums feature renowned business experts and the "best
practices" of regional family businesses. Forum programs
are designed for all family members and key executives to maximize
learning and implementation!
Integrity ... Experience ... Expertise
Henry Landes is Founder and President of the Delaware Valley
Family Business Center which has served over 600 family firms since
1988. A contributing editor of Family Business Magazine, Henry and
his clients are often featured in this leading international publication.
He is also a frequent speaker to family businesses and advisors
of family firms. Henry helps business families speak
the truth about the real issues, build
strong, effective teams and develop policies
and plans for another generation of success.
Lee Thayer, author of Leadership: Thinking, Being, Doing,
spoke on "High Performance Leadership." A pioneer and
influential innovator in the design and development of high-performance
organizations, Dr. Thayer shared key learnings on optimizing leadership
capabilities.
John Fast, Ph.D., of Family Enterprise Solutions in Waterloo,
Ontario Canada, spoke on "Managing Intergenerational Dynamics,"
providing family members and key executives with increased self-awareness
and new strategies for leading and managing different personalities,
vital skills for decision making and conflict management. A highly
interactive morning, 130 participants grouped themselves into four
personality types which led to insightful discussion!
Leading family business expert and author of Love, Power &
Money, Dean Fowler, Ph.D., Dean Fowler Associates, Inc.,
Brookfield, Wisconsin, illustrated the seven habits common to the
successful transition of family-owned companies.
Max Carey, Jr., author (The Superman Complex: Achieving
the Balance That Leads to True Success) and Founder/Chairman
of Corporate Resource Development in Atlanta, Georgia, presented
"Five Manageable Marketing Truths" that can help business families
create a more stable marketing future, regardless of outside disturbances.
Consultant, writer (Leap of Faith), teacher and poet, Walter
Sutton, President of W. G. Sutton International, Ltd., in Seattle,
Washington, presented "The Secret: Tools and Choices for the Leaders
of Today and Tomorrow." Drawing from more than 8,000 interviews
he has conducted since 1996 with successful (and happy!) business
executives, Walter Sutton shared a collection of tools to empower
executives in both their work and their life.
Author and leading family business expert, Susan Scott of
Fierce Conversations, Inc., in Seattle, Washington, presented "Beyond
Shouting, Sarcasm & Silence: Transforming Your Work & Family - One
Conversation at a Time." Over 160 attendees were challenged by a
dynamic morning of interactive learning to engage in "fierce conversations"
as leaders, family members and colleagues.
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