Dr. Fowler provided a summary report of the data that resulted from the assessment process that 79 individuals participated in during August. He built on the issues that were weak areas by providing strategies and examples for addressing these areas successfully.
Following the introductory presentation, members worked in a discussion group of their choice on one of three topics the assessment indicated needed more discussion and agreement: Developing a Family Vision, Family Employment and Business Competency and Retirement Transitions.
One person said, "The discussion session and evaluation were great." Another said, "this program is the boost our family needs to discuss items that we know need to be addressed." Overall, the content of the presentation, the group discussions and the assessment reports received high marks.
We thank Dr. Fowler for joining us and for the wealth
of information he provided.
Well, here is your opportunity. Our presenter at the dinner on October 20 at the Butte des Morts Country Club will be Bill Shepard, Group President of the Packaging Division and 5th generation member of the Menasha Corporation family.
I met Bill in early August at the request of our program committee to invite him to be our guest speaker. He accepted our invitation and asked about the topics we might be interested in hearing from him.
I agreed to invite you, our members, to send me questions and topics you would like him to include in his presentation. So, here is your chance to get the answers to questions you always wanted to ask.
Please call or send your questions and topics to
me by September 24. I will forward them to Bill with our appreciation for
customizing this presentation to our interests.
We hope you will help us identify fitting family businesses, will welcome the opportunity to talk with them, and will, as appropriate, encourage their membership. We believe that the Forum can benefit from additional family business members with whom to interact.
If you would like to have the Forum meet with a specific
business leader who you think would be a potential Forum member, please
contact Sue Schierstedt, (920) 424-2257. We are continuously introducing
family businesses to the Forum.
| Date/Time | Event/Topic | Presenter |
| Oct. 20, 97 - 5:30-9 p.m. | Dinner, Menasha Corp's Story | Bill Shepard, family member & Pres., Packaging |
| Nov. 13, 97 - 7 am-1:30 pm | Tools for Managing Complex Relationships | Dr. Nancy Upton, Director John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship |
| Dec. 11, 97 - 7-10 a.m. | Family Business Retreats | David Namowicz, President Warren Industries |
| Feb. 18, 98 - 7-10 a.m. | Structure & Governance | Badger Mining Corp. |
| Mar. 98 | Breakfast Roundtable | |
| Apr. 29, 98 - 7 am-3 pm | Healing Bad Communications in the Family Business | Gerald Le Van & associate |
| May 98 - 5:30-9 p.m. | Creating a Legacy or a Tragedy? |
We are introducing regional Rotary members to the
value and uniqueness of family business and to the Wisconsin Family Business
Forum. If you are a Rotary member and would like us to present a program
to your group, please contact Sue Schierstedt, (920) 424-2257.
If you would like to introduce a particular family business leader to the Forum, please ask for our information packet. It includes our mission statement, partnership list, benefits, program brochure, a copy of the WFBF News Briefs, and articles about our members. You can stop in and pick it up or we will send it to you.
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