Special Features
Family Businesses Forum
Family businesses are of critical importance to the MENA region, but proven strategic and planning strategies, strengthening of the corporate structure, empowering future generations, nurturing talent and integrating corporate governance initiatives are vital to maintaining a strong growth rate. It is essential family businesses look towards achieving sustainable processes to ensure their wealth survives into the future.More and more family business leaders are facing the crucial decision of who will keep the business alive after they’ve stepped down. This involves deep introspection, leadership, and some non-traditional approaches to succession planning.
While many leaders are looking to non-family talent to fill key roles, for many others, there is an embarrassment of riches—as the family has grown, so too has the talent pool.
The Family business forum will take place on 26th – 28th May 2008at the Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi.
Delivered by a highly experienced regional and international, this intimate environment of sessions, Question and Answerslunches and networking opportunities encourages relationship building and will be the perfect setting for families to discuss shared issues.
Ernst & Young has been uniquely positioned to help businesses become global market leaders. For more than 30 years Ernst & Young has been privileged to work with some of the most dynamic and ambitious companies and Family Business in the world.
Ernst and Young will share how they translated these insights into capabilities that enable their people help Family Businesses successfully address their business drivers and transition smoothly from being an Emerging Enterprise to a truly Global Market Leader.
The Exceptional Enterprise model captures these insights and shows how a business makes the journey to market leadership. The model highlights the six fundamental business challenges a company should address, how they change over time and the key attributes a business needs to make it to the top.
Website: http://www.leaderspresents.com/fbf.html
