With Phil Clemens, Chairman
Clemens Family Corporation
Communications in family businesses are often
tough. We generally go to extremes
– we tell way too much or we say nothing.
This is especially true when it comes to two critical subjects –
Succession and Entitlements.
With Succession a lot is assumed by the Nxt
Generation – and most times it is wrong.
The same is true with Entitlements. In most cases, the younger generation assumes they are entitled
to many things, one of which is to be the next leader of the business. The older generation assumes that their
children clearly have received the messages that they aren’t entitled to
anything and that certainly includes who will lead the family business in the
future.
Communications are critical to have a smooth
running family business. My
experience is that the older generation think they are communicating; the
younger generation knows they aren’t and neither will tell the other. Thus assumptions go on and on and on.
In this session Phil will provide ideas on how
to communicate more effectively between generations and build healthier family
businesses for the future.
Phil has spent his entire working career with the family business. He
began working in the legacy
business, Hatfield Quality Meats, on a part time
basis while going to school. He began his full-time career in 1967 while attending Peirce
College. His career has allowed him to work in all areas of the business. He
began on the clean-up crew and worked his way to be the CEO of the Company. He
began both the Data Processing and Human Resource Departments. He spent 20
years of his career in Human Resources and 7 years as CEO and President of the
legacy business. The Corporation has annual sales of $750 million, employs
about 2,200 people, and markets products all over the US with a concentration
in the northeast part of the US.
Active in his community and other organizations,
Phil serves on many non-profit boards and boards of several family owned
businesses
Phil is a national and international speaker on
family business issue and has a passion to teach leadership skills to next
generations.
Join The Network of Family
Businesses for this exciting Webinar on Thursday, April 16,
2015 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time, with Phil
Clemens.