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Dedicated to serving the needs of program directors and conference/meeting professionals, our business speaker bureau of consultants are considered the most respected experts in the field of family business and are available to share their expertise and depth of knowledge for your organization.

We all know that family businesses are the backbone of our society and our economy. Statistics prove that there is a declining survival rate for family businesses into future generations. Our commitment is to serve family businesses so that we can help them defy those statistics. One way is through continuing small business education.

Use Our Professional Speaker Bureau to Help You Find the Best Speaker and the Strongest Topic for Your Next Event

Whether you are planning a multihour presentation, an educational workshop or a multiday university/training program, being able to secure speakers, receive valuable and ongoing assistance and organize educational materials in one place will provide value and convenience to your planning director. Organizations using our professional speaker bureau are assisted in planning, implementation, marketing and presentation selection before their program. We also offer follow-up after to gather valuable feedback.

Additionally, we offer:

No hidden charges
Contracts that bind us to fulfill your expectations
Speaker head-shots, bios as well as text for your marketing pieces
Discounts on all Family Enterprise Publishers® products
3 month trial subscriptions to The Family Business Advisor®
Ground and air travel arrangements
Handout files delivered to you electronically before the event
Speaker evaluation forms

Listed below are presentation titles that our consultants have recently delivered. You can choose from this list of popular titles or we can customize a speech to meet your specific needs. For more information on securing a speaker for your next program, contact speakers@efamilybusiness.com

Introductions and Overviews

A Cord of Three Strands: Perspectives on the Owner, Manager and Family Member Roles
Best Practices of the Largest and Oldest Family Firms
Family Business: The Essential Questions
Family Business – The Secret to Success in the Global Economy
Family Business 101: Making Sense of the Complex System
Family Businesses and Social Responsibility
Five Family Business Crises and How to Avoid Them
Growth Through Innovation - Using Entrepreneurship to Energize Your Family Business
Lessons Learned from Successful Long-Lasting Business Families
Patterns in Serial Business Families (SBFs: Families who re-create a family business after
the sale of the original business)
Perpetuating the Family Business: The Ultimate Management Challenge
Resolving the Paradoxes of Family Business
The Challenge of Family-Owned Businesses
The (Five) Keys to Family Business Success
The Importance of Family Businesses in the U.S. Economy
The Family Business Entrepreneurship Program

Succession and Continuity

Another Kind of Hero: Preparing Successors for Leadership
Career Development & Succession Planning for Family and Non-Family Executives
Continuity Planning for Enterprising Families
Family Business Succession: Building a Process to Avoid a Crisis
Family Business Succession: The Final Test of Greatness
How to Prepare Yourself for One of the Toughest Jobs: Letting Go!
Keeping the Family Business Healthy: How to Plan for Continuing Growth, Profitability
and Family Leadership
Keys to Family Business Continuity
Lessons from the Prodigal Son, or Give Me What Is Rightfully Mine
Make Change Your Family Business Tradition
Meeting the Challenge of Family Business Succession
Perpetuating the Family Business: The Ultimate Management Challenge
Proven Strategies for Generational Transition in Family Business
Should My Child Work for Me?: When Hiring Family is Okay
Smooth Sailing for Spouses and Successors: Balancing Multiple Needs
During Leadership Transitions
So, You're Thinking of Joining the Family Business
Staying the Course: Lessons Learned from Successful Family Businesses
Success…ion: The Regeneration of the Family Business
Successful Successors: Keys to Next Generation Leadership Development
Succession...The Last Hurrah or a New Beginning?
Succession: What Makes a Successor Successful?
Successor Development & Team Building
The Business, the Family and Each One of Us: How Do I Balance All of This?
The (Five) Keys to Family Business Success
The Secret to Family Business Success: Psst…Pass it On!
Sibling Teams, Sibling and Cousin Teams
Building Sibling Ownership and Management Teams
Family Meetings, Sibling Teams & Inactive Shareholders – Tying It All Together
Gender Issues in Family Business: Bringing Out The Best In Sons and Daughters
The Emotional Readiness for Succession
Making Sibling Teams Work: The Next Generation
Sibling & Cousin Teams: From Wishful Thinking to Reality
Sibling Teams: Preparing Brothers and Sisters to Own and Manage Together
Brothers, Sisters, and Cousins? Building a Strong and Successful Management Team
Successor Development & Team Building

Leadership Development

Another Kind of Hero: Preparing Successors for Leadership
Career Development for Every Generation
Career Development & Succession Planning for Family and Non-Family Executives
Developing Family Business Successors
Developing Leaders in the Next Generation
Female Leadership in the Family Business
Grooming Successors: How to Have Them Ready
How To Create Dynamic Coaching and Mentoring Systems for Family Businesses
(including both family and non-family executives)
Keeping the Family Business Healthy: How to Plan for Continuing Growth, Profitability
and Family Leadership
Leadership Styles for the Family Business – What Works and What Doesn’t
Mentor Programs in Family Businesses
Preparing Successors for Leadership
Smooth Sailing for Spouses and Successors: Balancing Multiple Needs During
Leadership Transitions
Successful Successors: Keys to Next Generation Leadership Development
Succession: What Makes a Successor Successful?
Successor Development & Team Building
Untangling Family Business Knots: Defining Appropriate and Productive Roles and
Responsibilities for Owner Managers and Family Members
Will Mr. or Ms. Perfect be Good Enough? Developing Leadership Talent in the Next Generation

Strategy, Planning and Family Business Policies

Communicating Values Across Generations in the Family Business
Developing Family Business Policies: Your Guide to the Future
Is Your Family Business Positioned for Success? Conducting Your Family Business Audit
Family Business Transitions: Keys to Strategic Renewal
Family Business Values: How to Assure a Legacy of Continuity and Success
Family Owned Business: Proven Methods for Successful Growth
Family Protocols
How to Develop Your Family Business Policy Guide
Keeping the Family Business Healthy: How to Plan for Continuing Growth, Profitability
and Family Leadership
Make Change Your Family Business Tradition
Preparing Your Family Business for Strategic Change
Proven Strategies for Generational Transition in Family Business
Resolving the Paradoxes of Family Business
Revitalizing the Family Business through Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning for the Family Business
The Fit Family Firm
The (Five) Keys to Family Business Success
The Role of Family and Family Values in the Perennity of the Family Business
The Skinny on What Works in Family Firms
Untangling Family Business Knots: Defining Appropriate and Productive Roles and
Responsibilities for Owner Managers, and Family Members

Board of Directors and Family Business Councils

An Overview of Family Business Governance: Business, Family and Shareholders
– A Look At Roles, Rules and Results
Building Better Boards of Directors in Family Owned Businesses
Creating Effective Boards for Private Enterprises: Meeting the Challenges of Continuity
and Competition
Developing a Board to Get the Most Out of Your Family Business
Family Business Governance: Business Boards and Family Councils
Family Business Governance: Maximizing Family and Business Potential
Family Meetings …The Linking of Corporate and Family Governance Structures
Harnessing the Power of an Independent Board
Is Your Family Business Positioned for Success? Conducting Your Family Business Audit
Roles, Goals & Sandboxes: A Guide to Family Business Governance
The Concept of Fair Proces

Shareholder Related

Developing Responsible Shareholders
Family Business Ownership: How To Be An Effective Shareholder
Family Meetings, Sibling Teams & Inactive Shareholders – Tying It All Together

Family Issues and Family Meetings

Building Family Communications and Trust in the Business Owning Family
Building and Maintaining Family Harmony in the Family Business…And Keeping It!
Communication Barriers and Gateways in Family Business
Communication Styles that Make or Break Family Collaboration and Harmony
Conflict, Communication and Family Business Decision Making
Enhancing Family Communication, Collaboration and Teamwork
Facilitating Your Next Family Meeting
Family Businesses that Care are Family Businesses that Work: Using Positive People
Practices to Build a High Performing Family Business
Family Infrastructure: Building Frameworks for Successful Family Meetings
Family Meetings – Preparation and Process
Family Meetings …The Linking of Corporate and Family Governance Structures
Family Meetings, Sibling Teams & Inactive Shareholders – Tying It All Together
Family Meetings: How to Build a Stronger Family and Stronger Business
How Families Work and Don’t Work Together
Is Your Family Business Positioned for Success? Conducting Your Family Business Audit
Knowing Your Place and Putting Others in Theirs: Understanding the Effects of Birth Order
and Communication Roles in Family Businesses
Managing the Culture of a Family Business
Mom in the Middle
Moving Through Conflict: Finding the Common Ground of Collaborations
Reconciling Trust and Control in the Family Business
Relationships: The Psychological Factors That Surround and Impact Family Businesses
Smooth Sailing for Spouses and Successors: Balancing Multiple Needs During
Leadership Transitions
The Art of Running Family Meetings
The Boiling Point of Family Dynamics
The Business, the Family and Each One of Us: How Do I Balance All of This?
The Irresistible Force Meets the Immovable Object: Moving Conflict through Families
They’re Not Just Games, They’re Simulations: 10 Easy Activities to Improve Group Process
Turning Dreams into Bricks and Mortar: How To Create A Corporate Culture that Reflects Your Family Business Beliefs and Values
Working With Your Spouse

Compensation and Motivation

Attracting, Retaining and Compensating Key Non-Family Managers
Family Business Compensation and Rewards
Motivating Key Employees in the Family Firm
The Human Factor in Family Businesses: Employees and Motivation

Key Non-Family Executives

Attracting, Retaining and Compensating Key Non-Family Managers
Career Development & Succession Planning for Family and Non-Family Executives
Managing in a Family Business
More than Family: Non-Family Executives in the Family Business
Non-Family Managers in a Family Business

Financially Related

A Practical Guide to Valuing, Buying and Selling Businesses
Building Wealth Outside the Business
Family Business Estate Planning - Getting What You Really Want
Financing Transitions: Managing Capital and Liquidity in Your Family Business
Helping Your Clients to Implement Their Estate Plan
Is Your Family Business Positioned for Success? Conducting Your Family Business Audit
Managing the Business . . . by the Numbers: Understanding Financial Statements
Money and the Family Business
Pressing Your Banker's Button
Raising the Next Generation in an Environment of Wealth
Selling The Family Business
The Psychology of Family Business Estate Planning
The Psychology of Money
Working with High-Net-Worth Family; The Intricacies of Trust and Understanding
Your Children’s Future: The Impact of Inherited Wealth on the Next Generation

Other Management Issues

Attracting, Retaining and Compensating Key Non-Family Managers
Family Business Hot Buttons: What Advisors Need to Know
Hold or Fold? Valuing, Buying and Selling Family Business
How to Choose and Use Advisors: Getting the Best Professional Family Business Advice
Keys to Working Effectively with Family Businesses (education for service providers)
Managing in a Family Business
Marketing to Family Businesses
Pressing Your Banker's Button
Smooth Sailing for Spouses and Successors: Balancing Multiple Needs During Leadership Transitions
Untangling Family Business Knots: Defining Appropriate and Productive Roles and
Responsibilities for Owner Managers, and Family Members

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