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When

Wednesday September 25, 2013 from 8:15 AM to 11:00 AM EDT

Breakfast will be offered from 7:15-8:15 AM

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Where

Saint Joseph's University 
5600 City Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19131
 

 
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Contact

Michael McGrann 
St. Joseph's University 
610-660-2248 
mmcgrann@sju.edu 
 

Leadership Transition Seminar

Succession is often described as a leader’s “final test of greatness."  

Join us for interactive dialogue about specific strategies and structures you can employ to ensure a competitive leadership succession. Our diverse panel of experts will share their opinions and experiences in preparing their employees, customers, successors, and themselves for transitioning leadership of their organizations.

Participants Will Learn : 

• Critical processes and best practices of successful leadership transitions

• Tools for developing the successor generation of leaders• Accountability structures that can guide a difficult succession decision 

• The important distinctions between a management transition plan and an ownership transition plan

 

Our panelists bring diverse deeply personal experiences in the leadership transition process

Carolyn Greenspon is a fifth generation member of the family that owns and operates the New York Times. She serves on the Times Board of Directors and is member of their Voting Trust. Carolyn has a private therapy practice and brings extensive experience as a consultant to multigenerational family businesses working to navigate the complexities of the succession process.

Tom Clemens is a fourth generation member of the family that owns and operates Hatfield Quality Meats. Tom is Senior Vice President a key member of the team that drove the Hatfield’s transition to diversified family enterprise (Clemens Food Group.)

Christen McClave is a third generation member of the family that owns and operates Cardone Industries. The firm is now the largest privately held auto parts remanufacturer in the world. Christen is an active member of Cardone’s Board of Directors, their family foundation and their family council. After a career in marketing with Johnson & Johnson, she now focuses on coaching next generation family business leaders.