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To Separate Emotions From Family Business Discussions Is Focus Of
UNH Center For Family Business Event Jan. 25 By Lori Wright, Media Relations Running a business with relatives is challenging enough but when family issues and dynamics come up, emotions can overshadow important business decisions. Improving communication by using family meetings to separate family emotions from business discussions is the focus of the next University of New Hampshire Center for Family Business event. “Family Meetings: Improving Communication -- Separating Emotions of Family From Business Discussion” will be held Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006, at The Yard Restaurant in Manchester. Registration and coffee begin at 8 a.m. and the program starts at 8:30 a.m. Lunch will follow. Tom Davidow, family business expert and founder of Genus Resources, and Chuck Thorndike, president and owner of Annalee Dolls of Meredith, will facilitate the program. Representatives from two successful second-generation businesses – Stephen Singer, president of Merchant’s Auto and Singer Family Enterprises, and Bob Bolduc Sr., owner of Piche’s Ski and Sports in the Lakes Region – will discuss their extensive experience with family meetings. The program will include a panel discussion emphasizing the perceived risk of engaging family members in open dialogue about business issues against the risk and potential consequences of not having family meetings. Speakers will offer practical suggestions for family meetings, such as what topics should to be covered, who should facilitate meetings, who should attend meetings, and how to frame the wisdom of family meetings for other family members. The nonmember price is $99 per person. The registration deadline is Jan. 16, 2006. To register, or for more information, call Barbara Draper at (603) 862-1107, or visit http://www.familybusiness.unh.edu. The center, under UNH’s Whittemore School of Business and Economics and the UNH Graduate School, is sponsored by Mass Mutual Financial Group, Thomas Davidow & Assoc., Baker Newman & Noyes, Pierce Atwood, MPI Management Planning, Inc., and Ocean National Bank. It is a membership program to provide owners and managers of entrepreneurial businesses with an opportunity to exchange ideas and information and to discuss business challenges, concerns, and solutions. |
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