Midwest Family Business Peer Groups
Leadership poses a multi-faceted challenge and blessing to those who are called! Becoming part of a focused Leadership Peer Group provides participants the opportunity for comprehensive leadership development. Peer group members will have countless opportunities to grow personally and professionally and to not only be on the receiver side of such privilege, yet to take part in providing similar opportunities to other peer group members.
Our Family Business Peer Groups are based on the Family Business Core Values below. Family business and personal endorsement of these Core Values and the commitment to strive toward fulfilling them is prerequisite for participation in all of our peer groups
Core Values
Faith Guided
Finding direction, grounding and peace in deep dedication to the creator.
Family Unity
Prioritizing strong family relationships and harmony.
Long-Term Perspective
Focusing on sustainability and the well-being of future generations.
Honesty and Integrity
Emphasizing truthfulness and transparency in all actions.
Focus on Serving the Needs of the Community
By inventing and manufacturing goods or providing services that serve the needs of the community and by creating important jobs for community members.
Respect for Employees
Valuing employees as part of the family and investing in their professional development and personal growth while providing fair and attractive compensation and benefits.
Community Involvement
Actively participating in and giving back to the local community.
Choose from the following peer groups
Emerging Leader Peer Group
If you are working in your family business and are slated for or already being prepared to hold a leadership role, this is the right peer group for you.
Our Emerging Leader peer group prepares family business members for executive-level responsibilities and ownership. This program is tailored for next-generation family enterprise leaders and the unique challenges and opportunities they face. Participants will develop and practice their leadership style, create a lifetime development plan, and increase their effectiveness as responsible family business leaders.
The Emerging Leader Peer Group meets monthly via Zoom and quarterly in person.
Program Details
Each month the group will confidentially share and develop topics that are relevant to each participant. Members of the dynamic group will each engage in the following:
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Monthly meetings professionally facilitated with 8-12 emerging leaders
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Peer-to-peer learning through experience sharing
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Self-assessment—temperament assessment, personality, fit with other family members and company team members
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Company projects
Women Business Leader
Peer Group
Women in leadership roles face unique challenges. This peer group is a confidential and open-minded forum to discuss and overcome these challenges. It equips women business leaders with the strategies and confidence needed to navigate the family business environment.
The Women Business Leader Peer Group meets monthly via Zoom and quarterly in person.
Program Details
Each month the group will confidentially share and develop topics that are relevant to each participant. Members of the dynamic group will each engage in the following:
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Monthly meetings professionally facilitated with 8-12 women business leaders
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Peer-to-peer learning through experience sharing
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Self-assessment—temperament assessment, personality, fit with other family members and company team members
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Company projects
Senior Leader Peer Group
You are in a senior leadership role in your family business.
The Senior Leader Peer Group supports executive-level leaders through difficult decisions and continued education about family business topics. This group connects you with other leaders like you. Participants will develop and practice their leadership style, create a lifetime development plan, and increase their effectiveness as responsible family business leaders.
The Senior Leader Peer Group meets monthly via Zoom and quarterly in person.
Program Details
Each month the group will confidentially share and develop topics that are relevant to each participant. Members of the dynamic group will each engage in the following:
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Monthly meetings professionally facilitated with 8-12 senior leaders
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Peer-to-peer learning through experience sharing
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Self-assessment—temperament assessment, personality, fit with other family members and company team members
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Company projects
Legacy Peer Group
Often during succession planning, our focus is swayed to the incoming generation and preparing them for day-to-day leadership of the firm. That lens is critical, but what about the outgoing leadership? How can the firm and the family continue to utilize their strengths and how do we ensure a smooth transition for the former CEO? Their experiences and relationships are an amazing competitive advantage; they are wisdom keepers and now must become wisdom sharers.
The Legacy Peer Group is comprised of individuals who are retired from the daily operations of the family business or are looking to transition over the next 5 to10 years.
This peer group will be professionally facilitated by one and occasionally a couple of our advisors who will guide participants through discussions of what the next chapter could look like and provides education and resources to plan for what is ahead. Meetings are held quarterly with travel around the Midwest, as we anticipate meetings to be in various locations.
This peer group is confidential and flexible to focus on the issues important to them. If you or someone from your family might be a fit, we would love to talk to them and discuss how this program may be beneficial to them and the family business.
If you are interested in any of the above peer groups, please call or email us to schedule a free exploratory conversation or use the comprehensive Contact Form at the bottom of the home landing page or the short chat feature provided on this site.
Connect with Megan at our office today to start the conversation about which peer group would be a good fit for you and to receive additional information by calling 316-559-3934