UNC Asheville's Family Business Forum to Host Talk on Next Generation in Business

UNC Asheville’s Family Business Forum will host a workshop on the challenges faced by the next generation of family business owners at 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, at the Crest Center and Pavilion, 22 Celebration Place, Asheville. Family business expert Greg McCann will discuss the trials that confront many young adults as they transition into the family business. An optional lunch buffet will follow the program.

The program will focus on cultivating social intelligence, managing family wealth, encouraging credibility and avoiding entitlement, using education effectively and seeking objective feedback. McCann will also discuss the importance of developing a personal life plan including examples of insights gained, careers changed and family business successes and avoided pitfalls. The workshop is designed to help all generations in a family business rethink attitudes and behaviors to plan for the future, manage relationships, develop confidence in future generations and create greater marketability.

A lawyer and certified public accountant, McCann currently serves as business professor and director of the Family Business Center at Stetson University. As director, he led the development of America’s first family business degree program. McCann also serves on the board of directors of the Family Firm Institute and runs a consulting business geared towards family-owned firms.

Registration is required. The program is open to forum members and their guests. A limited number of seats are available for family business owners interested in membership. For more information, call Richard Lasher, UNC Asheville’s Family Business Forum executive director, at 828/251-6797, voice mail box 8003.

Media Contacts:

• Richard Lasher, UNC Asheville Family Business Forum Executive Director, 828/251-6797 voice mail box 8003

• Jill Yarnall, UNC Asheville Public Information Assistant Director, 828/251-6526