The S. Dale High Center for Family Business at Elizabethtown College

Programs

2009 - 2010 Center for Family Business Seminars

Date / Time Location Details

Thursday                 September 17, 2009
8:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Elizabethtown College

"Escaping a Culture of Entitlement:  Six Generations of Family-Based Entrepreneurship in the Wolf Organization" presented by Tom Wolf, Chairman and CEO of the Wolf Organization, a family-owned building materials business based in York, PA, that was founded in 1843. 

RSVP requested.

Thursday                  November 12, 2009
8:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Elizabethtown College

"The Power of Participatory Leadership:  Tools for Each Generation" presented by Stephen R. Treat, DMin, LMFT, Senior Therapist, Director and CEO of The Council for Relationships which is Philadelphia's preeminent non-profit counseling, education and research center, and the nation's oldest, founded in 1932.

RSVP requested.

Thursday                     January 28, 2010
8:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Elizabethtown College

"Discovering your Family's Competitive Advantage" presented by Michael N. McGrann, Executive Director of the S. Dale High Center for Family Business at Elizabethtown College..

RSVP requested.

PDF of article recommended by Mike McGrann, "Leveraging Family-Based Brand Identity to Enhance Firm Competitiveness and
Performance in Family Businesses"

Thursday                       March  25, 2010
8:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Elizabethtown College

"Real Estate:  Your Other Asset for Wealth Creation" presented by Peter Linneman, principal of Linneman Associates and the Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate, Public Policy, and Finance at the Wharton School of Business.

RSVP requested.

PDF of Real Estate Session Flyer

Thursday                           May 13, 2010
8:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Elizabethtown College

"Good Governance: Impacting the Bottom Line" presented by William H. Alexander, Senior Associate, The Telos Group and Professor of Family Business Studies at the Wharton School of Business.

RSVP requested.