Biography

Steve is a principal of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. and is an experienced facilitator and organization development consultant. He specializes in family/non-family management teamwork, governance, successor development and team development, management and leadership succession, strategic planning, and management processes tailored to family firms.

In 1999, McClure was awarded the Family Firm Institute's Beckhard Award for Outstanding Contributions to Family Business Practice. He is also a recipient of the National University Continuing Education Association's Creativity Award for developing the program, Managing in a Family Business.

Steve has been published in Family Business Magazine, Private Wealth Management, The Family Business Client, Building Strong Family Teams Handbook, and Organization Development Annual. He is the co-author of the 2nd edition of Family Business Succession: The Final Test of Greatness. (Family Enterprise Publishers, ©2003). McClure is also a member of the Editorial Board of the international journal, The Family Business Client. He has been quoted on family business issues in Entrepreneur Magazine, Success Magazine and Nation's Business. He is a regular guest lecturer at the University of Notre Dame MBA program and a keynote speaker to associations of business owners and family business forums in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Prior to joining The Family Business Consulting Group, McClure was an independent family business consultant for ten years. He started his career as consultant with a large CPA/consulting firm where, in 1983, he began his work with family firms.

He received his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University. His undergraduate degree is in psychology.
 

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Testimonials

"Steve received the highest ratings for the way he formulated and conducted very interactive group discussions. His material is new and interesting with appropriate graphics. Steve is incredibly easy to work with meeting deadlines and meeting the needs of the audience. His consultant/teacher/coaching approach is superb."

 

 

"Dr. McClure has presented to family business audiences across Scotland as a visiting speaker on the Executive Programme held by the Centre for Family Enterprise at Glasgow Caledonian University. His talks, focusing on the tricky issue of reward and compensation in the family business, received excellent ratings and were praised for being practical and relevant by attendees. Dr. McClure added further value by offering private 'clinics' to family businesses who wished to take matters further, and these were especially well received. We look forward to inviting Dr. McClure back to Scotland in 2001."

 

 

"Steve is an excellent speaker. He provides an atmosphere for very interactive participation among our members. His presentation style and materials have resulted in long-term relationships with our program. For several years, Steve has facilitated a monthly, 15-member affinity group meeting. One of his recent half-day presentations, Preparing Leadership, resulted in on-going panel discussions on the roles of the next generation."

 

 

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Topics

• Family Business Compensation & Rewards.
• Strategic Planning in a Family Business.
• Successor Development & Team Building.
• Managing in a Family Business.
• Preparing for Ownership.
• The Fit Family Firm.

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Background

• Principal of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc.
• Specializes in family/non-family management teamwork, governance, successor development and team development, management succession, strategic planning, and management processes tailored to family firms.
• Recipient of the Family Firm Institute's Beckhard Award for Outstanding Contributions to Family Business Practice and National University Continuing Education Association's Creativity Award for the program: Managing in a Family Business.
• Published in Family Business, Private Wealth Management, The Family Business Client, and Organization Development Annual.
• Regular guest lecturer at the University of Notre Dame MBA program.
• Member of the editorial board of the international journal, The Family Business Client.