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  • Episode 10: A Sustainable Legacy | How Forgiveness Can Heal a Family | Culture’s Impact on Longevity

    Episode 10: A Sustainable Legacy | How Forgiveness Can Heal a Family | Culture’s Impact on Longevity
    Feb 4 2025

    In this episode of the Family Business/Business Family podcast, Bill Weinaug, president of Wekiva Island — a family-owned, environmentally friendly vacation destination in Longwood, Florida — talks about the resort’s beginnings and why leaving a sustainable legacy requires learning to let go.


    Also, Joanna Bergey Shisler, dealer principal at Bergey’s — a 5th-generation, family-owned auto, truck and tire company with locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland — discusses the importance of communication and forgiveness in family business.


    And the third- and fourth-generation leaders of Accurate Box Company — G3 President and CEO Lisa Hirsh; her husband, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing Mark Schlossman; and their daughter, Director of Sales and Marketing Samara Ronkowitz — discuss the importance of culture on the longevity and growth of their family business.



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    34 min
  • Episode 9: Driving Inclusivity (and Go-Karts) | Making Culture More Than Mere Marketing | A Family Council’s Purpose

    Episode 9: Driving Inclusivity (and Go-Karts) | Making Culture More Than Mere Marketing | A Family Council’s Purpose
    Jan 21 2025
    Brandon Adkins’ family legacy is deeply tied to the karting industry. When his father died in 2017, he was faced with the difficult decision of whether to take over the family business, Adkins Speed Center. It wasn’t an easy road, but today Brandon and his husband, Jamie Wince, run the karting track, which focuses on spreading a message of positivity and inclusivity. In this episode, they discuss how they connect with the community through go-kart racing. Also in this episode, Dan Berger, second-generation CEO of Berger Communities, talks about why values and culture are key to the longevity of his family business. And, in part two of our interview with Lisa Daniel, Education Chair of the Joseph Lodge Family Council, she discusses the crucial role of the family council in her family’s enterprise.

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    36 min
  • Episode 8: Preserving Legacies While Pushing Boundaries | Learning How to Lead | Creating Trusts Without Destroying Trust

    Episode 8: Preserving Legacies While Pushing Boundaries | Learning How to Lead | Creating Trusts Without Destroying Trust
    Jan 7 2025
    In this episode, Mayumi Allison, CEO and second generation owner of Hosa Technology Inc., stops by to talk about how she learned to be a leader in the family business her father founded. And, building on that theme, Aaron Chin, CEO and second generation owner of Organika Health Products, discusses innovating as a NextGen in the company his father founded. Also in this episode, contributing editor and family business expert Dennis Jaffe is back to talk about trusts — specifically, why they tend to cause so many disputes in families and how to prevent that from happening in your own family.

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    37 min
  • Episode 7: Firing Your Grandfather | The Healing Power of Lunch | The Middle Ground Between Humility and Hubris

    Episode 7: Firing Your Grandfather | The Healing Power of Lunch | The Middle Ground Between Humility and Hubris
    Dec 10 2024


    In this episode, we’re talking about the challenges and emotions surrounding generational transitions. Mike Crotty, fourth-generation president of one of America’s oldest family-owned and -operated uniform rental and facility services companies, Spirit Services, recounts taking over the company and making the difficult decision to fire his grandfather. Duane Bergey, the chief relationship officer of Bergey’s Family Corporation, discusses the career move that caused a temporary rift between he and his dad, and how they mended their relationship over regular — and occasionally awkward — lunches. And Karla Trotman, president & CEO of Electro Soft Incorporated and author of the new book, Dark, Dirty, Dangerous: Building the Vibrant Future of Manufacturing, offers some advice for NextGen leaders who are seeking to make major changes to their family businesses.


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    39 min
  • Episode 6: Balancing Career and Governance | Forming a Family Constitution | Building Confidence and Credibility

    Episode 6: Balancing Career and Governance | Forming a Family Constitution | Building Confidence and Credibility
    Nov 26 2024
    In this episode, Katy Wilder Schaaf talks balancing her role as vice chair of the board of directors for her family business, E. Ritter & Company, with her career as a licensed clinical psychologist. She also talks about how the company utilized governance to reengage shareholders after a family rift. Then, Preston Root, fourth-generation steward of Root Glass Co., explains how a family constitution can bring your family together and help to pass its values down through the generations — provided it’s presented in a format with a bit more gravitas than a Word doc. And Katy Kothmann Abraham, president of Construction Cost Management, discusses the unorthodox career path that led her to buy her father's cost estimation company, as well as how she built confidence and credibility despite not having a traditional technical background.

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    40 min
  • Episode 5: Preparing Future Leaders | Fostering NextGen Innovation | Understanding the Generation Gap

    Episode 5: Preparing Future Leaders | Fostering NextGen Innovation | Understanding the Generation Gap
    Nov 12 2024

    We're fresh off our Transitions Fall 2024 conference and talking — you guessed it — generational transitions. In this episode, Accurate Box Company G3 President and CEO Lisa Hirsh; her husband, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing Mark Schlossman; and their daughter, Director of Sales and Marketing Samara Ronkowitz, discuss how the company is planning for the transition to G4. Also, Meganne Wecker, the 3G president and chief creative officer of Chicago-based Skyline Furniture and founder of its sister brand Cloth & Company, explains how her father fostered entrepreneurship and innovation as he handed the reins to her. And Deloitte Private US Family Enterprise Leader Laura Pearson discusses the findings of a recent survey that shed light on the generational divide in many family businesses.




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    36 min
  • Episode 4: Inside Lodge Cast Iron’s Family Council | Single Family Offices Scale Up | What Family Offices Offer Families

    Episode 4: Inside Lodge Cast Iron’s Family Council | Single Family Offices Scale Up | What Family Offices Offer Families
    Oct 28 2024
    In this episode of Family Business/Business Family, Lisa Daniel, Education Chair of the Joseph Lodge Family Council, explains how to make family governance work — and why it’s worth the effort. Also, Eric Johnson, partner and U.S. Family Office Tax Leader at Deloitte, discusses some of the recent trends they’ve seen in the growth of the single family office space. And Bill Rock, CEO of MLR Media, the publisher of Family Business Magazine and FO Pro: The Family Office Professional, provides a primer on how family offices serve families and discusses some of the challenges and opportunities on the horizon for family offices.

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    35 min
  • Episode 3: Coexisting as Co-owners and Competitors | An Unexpected Family Business | Embracing the Role of Elder

    Episode 3: Coexisting as Co-owners and Competitors | An Unexpected Family Business | Embracing the Role of Elder
    Oct 15 2024
    In this episode of Family Business/Business Family, Karen Norheim, president and CEO of American Crane and Equipment Corporation, discusses how her family business got started somewhat by accident. Also, sisters Chelsea and Callie Sher, whose mother began building a family business in 2002 when she purchased the now 90-year-old brand Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Company, explain how the family works together on the manufacturing side but competes with one another on the brand side. And Family Business Magazine Contributing Editor Dennis Jaffe provides guidance on how current gens can embrace the role of the elder in their family businesses.

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    36 min