BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20231024T120000Z DTEND:20231024T140000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Building Bridges: Integrating Non-Family Executives Workshop DESCRIPTION:Join us as we delve into the world of family businesses and their unique challenges with a series of real-life case study scenarios. Guided by experts\, participants will gain valuable insights into the challenges faced by non-family executives and the strategies they've employed to overcome them. The scenarios explored will give participants a platform to share findings\, collaborate\, and deepen understanding of the intricacies of blending family and non-family executives in leadership roles. \n\n\n\nBrought to you by Stranberg Resource Group\, this interactive workshop aims to equip family business owners with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively lead their business and harness the potential of non-family executives for lasting success. Whether you currently have key non-family employees or are considering expanding your leadership teams\, this event will provide valuable considerations and best-practices. \n\n\n\nAbout the Speakers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBill Stranberg\, Partner\, Stranberg Resource Group\n\nBill is a Partner with Stranberg Resource Group and is experienced in multi-industry\, multi-discipline executive search and recruitment. A second-generation family owned executive search and leadership consulting firm\, Stranberg provides customized recruitment solutions that cater to each client's unique needs. Bill's experience includes projects with consumer and industrial manufacturing clients ranging in size from small cap to multi-national and including many private and family-owned companies. Prior to joining the firm in 2013\, Bill spent seven years on the ground in mainland China working closely with businesses ranging from small local start-ups to large multinational corporations. This experience provided him invaluable insight into the cultural and operational challenges and opportunities in the global market\, as well as written and spoken fluency in Mandarin. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRich Folts\, Strategic Partner\, Stranberg Resource Group\n\nRich has a total of 35 years of experience in the retained executive search industry. Prior to strategically aligning with Stranberg Resource Group\, he was a Partner in the Chicago office of Battalia Winston\, an international retained executive search firm headquartered in NYC. He spent 24 years with the firm as a Partner in the Industrial Practice and as co-leader of the firm's Family-Owned Business Practice. His focus is on recruiting for the C-suite\, primarily for CEOs and their direct reports\, though he has conducted successful searches in nearly all functional disciplines and for a broad range of industries. Rich spent the last 10 years of his career with Battalia Winston developing a specialty practice focused on working with family-owned businesses in transition in West Michigan and the Upper Midwest. Rich developed a strong network of contacts with board members\, consultants\, and attorneys whose clients need a team of advisors during succession and/or leadership transition planning. Most of Rich's assignments come through one of these relationships as a result of his reputation as a trusted advisor. Prior to joining Battalia Winston\, Rich was a Principal at a growing Chicago search firm\, a Vice President with A.T. Kearney's International Executive Search Practice and ten years in the executive search practice of Coopers & Lybrand (now PWC). X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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\nJoin us as we delve into the world of family businesses and their unique challenges with a series of real-life case study scenarios. Guided by experts\, participants will gain valuable insights into the challenges faced by non-family executives and the strategies they'\;ve employed to overcome them. \;The scenarios explored will give participants a platform to share findings\, collaborate\, and deepen understanding of the intricacies of blending family and non-family executives in leadership roles. \;
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\nBrought to you by Stranberg Resource Group\, this interactive workshop \;aims to equip family business owners with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively lead their business and harness the potential of non-family executives for lasting success. \;Whether you currently have key non-family employees or are considering expanding your leadership teams\, this event will provide valuable considerations and best-practices. \;
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\nAbout the Speakers:
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\nBill Stranberg\, \;Partner\, Stranberg Resource Group
\nBill is a Partner with Stranberg Resource Group \;and is experienced in multi-industry\, multi-discipline executive search \;and recruitment. A second-generation \;family owned executive search and leadership consulting firm\, Stranberg provides customized recruitment solutions that cater to each client&rsquo\;s unique needs. Bill'\;s experience \;includes projects with consumer and industrial manufacturing clients ranging in size from small cap to multi-national and including many private and family-owned companies. Prior to joining the firm in 2013\, Bill spent \;seven years on the ground in mainland China working closely with businesses ranging from small local start-ups to large multinational corporations. This experience \;provided \;him invaluable insight into the cultural and operational challenges and opportunities in the global market\, as well as written and spoken fluency in Mandarin. \;
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\nRich Folts\, Strategic Partner\, Stranberg Resource Group
\nRich has a total of 35 years of experience in the retained executive search industry. Prior to strategically aligning with Stranberg Resource Group\, he was a Partner in the Chicago office of Battalia Winston\, an international retained executive search firm headquartered in NYC. \; He spent 24 years with the firm as a Partner in the Industrial Practice and as co-leader of the firm'\;s Family-Owned Business Practice. His focus is on recruiting for the C-suite\, primarily for CEOs and their direct reports\, though he has conducted successful searches in nearly all functional disciplines and for a broad range of industries. \; Rich spent the last 10 years of his career with Battalia Winston developing a specialty practice focused on working with family-owned businesses in transition in West Michigan and the Upper Midwest. \; Rich developed a strong network of contacts with board members\, consultants\, and attorneys whose clients need a team of advisors during succession and/or leadership transition planning. Most of Rich&rsquo\;s assignments come through one of these relationships as a result of his reputation as a trusted advisor. \; Prior to joining Battalia Winston\, Rich was a Principal at a growing Chicago search firm\, a Vice President with A.T. Kearney'\;s International Executive Search Practice and ten years in the executive search practice of Coopers &\; Lybrand (now PWC). \n

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\n LOCATION:Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce 250 Monroe Ave. NW\, Suite 150 Grand Rapids\, MI 49503 UID:e.9635.769 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260512T150653Z URL:http://fbagr.memberzone.com/events/details/building-bridges-integrating-non-family-executives-workshop-769 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR