Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Steve French, President of The Signatry. The Signatry partners with families, advisors, and ministries by leveraging their creativity, innovation, and biblical values to transform the world through each last check signed to solve the world’s problems.
Episode 29: Surviving the Death of a Spouse in your Family Business
Your host, Greg Lewis talks to Joan Burge, Founder and CEO of Office Dynamics International, about her family business located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since 1990, Office Dynamics International has been the global industry leader in the development and presentation of sophisticated executive and administrative assistant training, coaching and resources.
Episode 28: The Family Farm – Obstacles and Opportunities Farmers are Facing Today
Your host, Greg Lewis talks to Jeff Aiken, President Tennessee Farm Bureau, on the future of the family farm and what the Tennessee Farm Bureau is doing to support farmers in Tennessee and across the nation. Mr. Aiken and his wife, Carol, own a multigenerational family farm located near Telford, in East Tennessee, in addition to his responsibilities as President of the Tennessee Farm Bureau, the largest state Farm Bureau in the nation, located in Columbia, Tennessee.
Episode 27: Managing Stress in the Family Business
You may have heard it before, “Business is Business and Family is Family and never the two shall meet …unless you work in a family business.” Your host, Greg Lewis talks to Jennifer Lewis, President Tennessee Center for Family Business, on managing stress in the family business. Jennifer is a professional family counselor and career coach. A graduate of Covenant Seminary in St. Louis with a Master’s Degree in counseling, Jennifer helps individuals and families deal with the curve balls that life throws them.
Episode 26: Meet powerhouse mother-daughter duo, Eileen and Anne Huntington, who work together in their family business, Huntington Learning Centers.
Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Eileen Huntington, co-founder and her daughter, Anne Huntington, VP Business Development at their family business, Huntington Learning Centers. The relationship between a mother and daughter can only truly be understood by mothers and daughters. If you love each other tremendously, enjoy spending time together and trust each other, then working together in a family business may be just for you.
Episode 25: Business Valuation: What it is and why is it important for your family business to have one in your business transition plans?
Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Travis Harms, Sr. Vice President at Mercer Capital located in Memphis, Tennessee about the importance of a business valuation in helping you and your family have a realistic understanding of the value of your business and/or the value of your shares. This is critical for business and personal decision-making and planning for you and your family business.
Episode 24: Sibling Success: When brother and sister work together in a family business with Laurie Straus Aronoff and Andy Straus, Goldner Associates, Nashville, Tennessee
Episode 23: Practical ways for family business leaders to communicate authentic appreciation with Dr. Paul White, co-author of The Five Languages of Appreciation
Episode 22: Surviving the Business Transition with Brad Franc
Succession Planning is an unfamiliar challenge for most business owners. The anxiety of planning is often aggravated when family members are involved in the business. Our guest today is Bradley J. Franc. In his new book The Succession Solution: The Survival Guide for Business Transition, Bradley provides both an explanation of the importance of succession planning.
Episode 21: Gary Ringger, Founder/President of Lifesong for Orphans and author of Radical Business, From Ownership to Stewardship.
Gary and his family are former owners of Ringger Feed and Ringger Foods in Gridley, Illinois. In his book, Radical Business, From Ownership to Stewardship, Radical Business shares how God used a failing business to change Gary Ringger's definition of success - ultimately leading him on a path from that of a business owner to a business steward.
Episode 20 The King of Clarity, Steve Woodruff, shares his secret weapon for generating the one source of revenue that will most effectively fuel your business: referrals
Episode 19 Chris Paulk discusses his family agri-business, Muscadine Products Corporation
Episode 18 Charles Hatcher discusses his 5-generation family dairy operation since 1831 in the College Grove, Tennessee community.
In today’s episode, I will ask Charles to share: With only 4% of family businesses successfully transitioning to the 4th generation and beyond, what has been his family’s secret to success? With 5 generations there have been a lot of children, grand-children and great-grandchildren. How did the family decide who was and who was not going to join the business?
Episode 17 Aaron Flinn discusses real-life family business case studies
Episode 16 Cal Turner, Jr. discussing his recent book, My Father’s Business, the Small-Town Values that built Dollar General into a Billion Dollar Company.
Episode 15: Greg Lewis with David Wells on “Family Governance – What it is and Why it is important for a family business to have a governance model”.
Episode 14: JK Elkin – Attorney at Law, Spicer Rudstrom PLLC – What I Learned from Working with my Dad in Business
A 2014 study showed that women – mostly daughters – are increasingly being selected to take over their family-owned businesses. Among conclusions in the study, “Women in Leadership: The Family Business Advantage”, by EY and Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, one of the most compelling was that “70 percent of family businesses are considering a woman for their next CEO, and 30 percent are strongly considering a woman for the top spot.”
Episode 13: Tim Jamison – Vice President, Prairie Capital Advisors…Developing an ESOP Plan for Your Family Business
Nearly 50% of successful business owners want to exit their companies within the next five years. Is an ESOP right for me? On this episode of Family Business Today, Greg Lewis interviews Tim Jamison with Prairie Capital Advisors to discuss his experiences involved in developing Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) and the advantages of an ESOP for business owners.
Episode 12: Dr. Jacob Avila – Developing Healthy Family Relationships...A Vital Component to Family Business Success
Episode 11: Dana Holmes – Tips for Planning and Funding a Successful Family Business Transition
On this episode of Family Business Today, Greg Lewis interviews Dana Holmes of 2nd Generation Capital to discuss planning and funding an exit that includes an eventual passing of the family business to your children. 2nd Generation Capital was originally formed in 1994 to meet family shareholder needs for liquidity, growth financing and ownership transition services.