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Greetings!
As we enter the dog days of summer, CAFE is gearing up for the fall improving our membership value with new partnerships and programming for the coming year. CAFE is actively looking for opportunities and articles to support our knowledge of Family Business. Read on to see more... |
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| Workplace Violence Prevention - An Employers Responsibility
Assessing the Risks of Workplace Violence Under Bill 168
There may be some of our members who are not familiar with legislative obligations to protect employees against various forms of violence regardless of the jurisdiction. This is particularly the case here in Ontario where the Occupational Health and Safety Act has recently Changed (June 15, 2010) placing a greater onus on employers to have a comprehensive violence prevention program. Under Bill 168, employers are required to assess the risks of violence that may arise from the nature of the workplace, the type of work or the conditions of work. Measures and procedures to control these risks must then be developed as part of the workplace violence program. This Feature article written by Glenn French CEO and President of the Canadian Initiative on Workplace Violence will help you to better understand these new requirements.
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Research - you can help!
Succession Planning in Family Businesses: India vs. North America
Purva Kansal is an Assistant Professor from University Business School, Panjab University India and is currently in Toronto to collect data for a project on "Succession Planning in Family Businesses: India Vs North America".
The project is aimed at better understanding the decision making processes utilized by senior executives regarding the retirement process. Questions deal with issues such as: personal well-being and development, wealth transfer, continuity and viability of the enterprise, ownership transfer and organizational governance, leadership succession and development, and familial relationships.
The project needs to collect data from minimum 250 family business CEOs. The survey requires 15 min of the respondent and has been uploaded (in a very user friendly format) at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FBRetirementsurvey
The results are being presented at FFI conference in Chicago in Oct 2010. We thank you for your assistance.
Click Here to learn more about the study and for preliminary findings |
| Symposium Keynote Frank O'Dea selected as Judge
CBC and Outpost Magazine have launched a six-month search for the Top Canadian volunteers, Canada's Champions of Change. And, they have named the entrepreneur, speaker and humanitarian, Frank O'Dea, as the Chair of the panel of judges who will select the finalists for this Canada-wide, people's choice award. More Do you know someone who volunteers? Perhaps it is someone who collects door to door for charities; works in a soup kitchen; digs wells in Africa or pushes wheel chairs at the local hospital? Here is your chance to give him or her some well deserved recognition. Go to the CBC website Champions and fill out a nomination form, then get your colleagues and friends to do the same. Because of its grass-roots nature and people's choice aspect, this is likely to go viral as whole organizations get behind their own "champions". This has the potential to be very big. |
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Enjoy the rest of your Summer!
Emma Ramos
CAFE Canada Office Manager
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Family Facilitation
CAFE Canada will be hosting the Family Facilitation Course in Toronto in early 2011
The program is geared toward designated professionals, including accountants, lawyers & trusted family advisors,
wanting to further develop ability in assisting family business clients.
Also beneficial training for business family members wanting to
develop a family council meeting system.
More information
Click Here"Excellent, solid balance of formal training with practical examples, humour and experiece"
Ian Macnaughton M.B.A., Ph.D. Vancouver Chapter |
Board of Directors
Victoria Niki Kux-Kardos
Vancouver Rick Wagner
Okanagan Cynthia Walker
Edmonton Sean Rayner
Calgary Kurt Schurer
Saskatoon Sharon Roberts
Regina Kendra Cruson
Manitoba Diane Sparrow
SWO Bernie Bierbaum
Georgian Bay Lisa Bertram
GTA Allen Taylor
Ottawa Grant Walsh
Montreal Cheryl Stein
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Promotional Opportunities
CAFE has a broad spectrum of promotional opportunities available including:
Newsletter Sponsorship
CAFE Symposium
Speaker Series
Magazine Advertising Website News Articles
For more information please contact info@cafecanada.ca
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