Leading Forward
A Leadership Program for Michigan Family Businesses
This leadership program will create individual development and relationship-building opportunities for now-generation family business leaders who intend to preserve the family business and want to develop the tools to increase their capacities to influence and lead within their families, organizations, and communities.
Participants will benefit from observing live case studies of successful family businesses, engaging in interactive facilitated sessions, and hearing from other local business leaders who will share their visions and personal beliefs about leadership.
Program Details
This program offers a small, limited class size and an application for consideration must be completed.
Session 1: Harness Your Leadership Style
- An assessment of my existing leadership profile and the recognition of how it will best serve my organization
- How my leadership style is different than the previous generation
- How to communicate more effectively – translating my vision for the organization and implementing a culture shift based on leadership styles
Session 2: Leveraging the Family System
- How to define the goals of the family and the goals of the business while sustaining family harmony
- How to address family dynamics that might stifle growth and succession
- How to navigate family business conflict
Session 3: Creating Strategic Alignment
- How to identify the family’s mission, values, and goals
- How to articulate the family enterprise strategy and create engagement from all the family members including the next generation both in and out of the business
- How to implement the structures and processes to support, measure, and evaluate alignment
Session 4: Developing an Effective Board
- How to architect the right board(s) for your family enterprise
- How the board reconnects with, and advances, the vision for the future
- How to effectively run a board meeting to create the most impact
- How to maximize agendas and evaluations to accomplish objectives
Session 5: Utilizing Governance & Ownership Structures
- Explore your role in providing a consistent voice from the family for the business’s adherence to the mission, vision, and strategy of the firm and the family
- Learn to communicate key issues, both within the business and family
- How to create a forum for family and family business matters and foster the development of new ideas
Session 6: Capstone Presentations
- Participants will present their unique program capstone
- At the beginning of the course, each participant will be paired with a family business coach who will work with them to identify a specific goal and outcome to develop throughout this program.
Key Features
- Six half-day sessions designed and tailored exclusively for family business leaders
- Confidential and small group setting
- Observe live case study scenarios of successful family businesses
- Monthly one-to-one individual coaching sessions in addition to group facilitation
- Experiential and interactive learning opportunities with actionable outcomes
- Facilitated by subject matter experts and guest speakers
Program Investment
Assistance funds may be available. Contact mary@fbagr.org to inquire.
Current FBA Member Price
$4,500
Non-Member Price
$5,200
Includes One Year Introductory Membership*
Questions?
For additional information, contact Family Business Alliance.
