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Invitation
The Business Families Institute @ SMU
Warmly invites you to our Masterclass at
BFI 5th Anniversary Celebrations
in conjunction with STEP APAC Summit 2018
ENTREPRENEURS IN EVERY GENERATION: How Successful Families Develop Next Generation Leaders
Synopsis
Why do some family businesses flounder after the founder’s era while others continue to thrive over generations as each successor builds on the work of previous generation? Renewal through creation and re-creation is at the core of longevity and success. Based on research of over 100 long-lived family firms from around the world, this interactive session exposes you to practical ideas of how enterprising families are using their family and business incubators to build entrepreneurial and leadership skills in each generation.
Part 1: The Big-Tent Approach to Family Business Leadership
Changes in family structures and individual life cycles
Leadership and entrepreneurship in on-going family enterprises
Part 2: The 5Ps of long-lived family enterprises
How do successful family establish a clear Purpose to energize the enterprise?
Planning for continuity of family and of business
Establishing Policies before they are needed
Process to use in de-clog roadblocks
The Parenting paradox – to control or to support?
You are guaranteed to leave this Masterclass with pragmatic ideas to build entrepreneurial leadership skills in your family and your business.
Date:
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Time:
9.00am to 12.30pm (Registration starts at 8.45am)
Venue:
lyf@SMU
SMUX Active Learning Class Rm 3-1
71 Stamford Rd
Singapore 178895
Cost:
S$450.00 (S$481.50 after 7% GST)
Mode of payment – Cheque made payable to ‘Singapore Management University’ or credit card
Dress Code:
Business Casual
Invitation is opened to family principals and their family members. BFI@SMU reserves the right to the acceptance of registration.
Profile
PramoDITA Sharma, Professor and the Daniel Clark Sanders Chair in Family Business, Grossman School of Business (GSB), University of Vermont, Visiting Professor, Kellogg School of Management’s Center for Family Enterprises, Northwestern University
PramoDITA Sharma is a Professor and the Daniel Clark Sanders Chair in Family Business at the Grossman School of Business (GSB), University of Vermont and a Visiting Professor at the Kellogg School of Management’s Center for Family Enterprises, Northwestern University. She holds honorary doctorates from the Jönköping University in Sweden, and the University of Witten/Herdecke in Germany. Her research on succession processes, governance, innovation, next generation commitment and entrepreneurial leadership in family enterprises is highly cited by scholars and used by practitioners. In addition to eight co-authored books, she has published over fifty scholarly articles and book chapters on family business studies. This presentation is based on her most recent book: Entrepreneurs in Every Generation (with Allan R. Cohen) that has been hailed as “the Magna Carta of transgenerational entrepreneurship”.
Organiser
BFI@SMU collaborates with various partners, academic or practice, to be a leader in Asian business family-related knowledge. The Institute also encourages business families to Think Generations, Think Growth, Think Giving and Think Global. In doing so, BFI@SMU addresses business family-specific issues such as succession, family governance, entrepreneurship and wealth management. The mission of BFI@SMU is to enable business family members to be engaged and responsible stewards of their families, businesses and communities, through education, research and ecosystem support.
Business Families Institute @ SMU
Singapore Management University
Administration Building Level 5
81 Victoria Street
Singapore 188065