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Leadership Competencies for a Strong Culture

Featuring Sylvia Lafair, PhD, President, Creative Energy Options (CEO) and author of Don’t Bring It to Work

Thursday, February 16, 2012  /  8 a.m. - 11 a.m.  /  Sheehy Farmer Campus Center, King’s College

Why do tensions get so dialed up at work?  And why don’t they ever seem to stop?  Because we have been looking in all the wrong places! Dr. Sylvia Lafair, will address the right places. 

To successfully build a rich culture of trust, collaboration, and accountability, you have start looking at how the organization copes with stress and conflict. When stress hits the hot button we all revert back to patterns learned as children in our original organization, the family.  These patterns come to work with us and are the root cause of many ‘button-pushing’ situations and disruptions to work. So if you think you’re fighting like a family or your co-workers are acting like babies, they are!

This interactive workshop will focus on uncovering the core competencies necessary for a strong corporate culture, exploring the ability to lead effectively, yet holding yourself and others accountable.  Sylvia will explore how to align your senior leadership so the message is being filtered through the organization accurately and in a unified manor.

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Family Business Checklist developed by John Ward - presented to the FBF in February 2008.

The Family Business Forum at King's College recognizes the unique joys and challenges associated with operating and sustaining a successful family enterprise in northeastern Pennsylvania. Family-owned businesses are fundamentally important to the U.S. and regional economy. In fact, 92% of all US businesses are family-owned. However, the challenges can be overwhelming. Consider the following:

• 30% of all family-owned businesses will survive into the second generation. Only 12% will succeed to the third generation, with 3% continuing into the fourth generation and beyond.
• 81% of business owners want their business to stay in the family, yet 25% have not completed an estate plan and 20% are not confident of the next generation's commitment to the business.

The Mission of the FBF:
To provide a learning and networking forum for family businesses, program sponsors, and the students and faculty of King's College, which enhances the family business community in Northeastern Pennsylvania.