Greetings!
Welcome to 2011 from CAFE Canada!!
This issue of the CAFE Canada newsletter contains education opportunities to learn and grow from, awards celebrating the successes of family business, and a message from the Chair of CAFE Canada Allen S. Taylor - we have a lot to share with you!
CAFE Canada Executive Director Job Posting
Leader Quest Inc. has been retained by CAFE Canada to conduct the search and recruitment of an Executive Director for CAFE Canada under the direction of the Board of Directors.
Please read the position outline from the link above. The posting is also on the CAFE Canada website and through Leader Quest Inc. will be posted on search engines including www.charityvillage.com, www.workopolis.com and www.associationjobs.ca.
All Inquiries regarding this position should be directed as follows:
Company Name : Leader Quest Inc.
Contact Name: Jack Shand
Email Address: edcafecda@jobexperts.com
Phone Number: 905.842.3845 |
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 Message from Allen S. Taylor - CAFE Canada Chair
2010 was a year of transition and accomplishment for CAFE Canada. As an organization, we managed our affairs effectively, particularly given the departure of our CEO. Credit must be given to our staff, and in particular to Lorraine Bauer our Interim-CEO, for seeing us through these challenging times. As the national arm of this association, we demonstrated value and provided needed services and support to our chapters. Symposium in Regina and the last cycle of the Family Enterprise of the Year Achievement Award were critical successes in terms of outreach, sharing experience, and brand building. The refinement and development of marketing materials for all chapters to access was in some sense a milestone in terms of the potential that collaborative activities might have for us in the future. And in an economic environment that was less than stellar, some might say that we weathered that storm reasonably well.
The year was not without its difficulties, however, and it is in regard to them that I am most concerned about the future. CAFE is more than 25 years old, and yet, its fundamental structure and strategy to reach and serve members remains essentially unchanged. This approach certainly worked in our early years and we had success growing and engaging the members of the day. Growth and engagement are not terms I can use to universally describe CAFE today. Membership is declining, participation at events and workshops is waning, and the market is becoming crowded with alternatives and substitutes for what CAFE has to offer.
If we want to succeed, it is time to change the model.
For years we have operated as silos across the country, each chapter building its version of a CAFE value proposition and with most of us duplicating efforts and reinventing the wheel on basic membership components. Today, we represent a collection of fractured voices, weakened because we haven't learned to harness the strength and opportunities that fuller collaboration and a more centralized organization would provide. In terms of association models, published and anecdotal research has proven that our model doesn't work for national associations. So looking forward, the board of CAFE Canada will need to choose between a road towards status quo, or a road towards change.
In modest steps towards that kind of change, CAFE Canada has made some progress of late: We have at least attempted to form some collaborative projects and collective solutions to common issues. And we have begun a staffing review that will result in a new and more robust staffing model, allowing CAFE Canada to do more and do better. What is in our favour is that those who CAFE has touched believe in us the most. We have some tremendous support in the form of sponsor relationships as well. So we have a basic position in the market to build upon. I am excited and ever hopeful that the board of CAFE Canada will serve this organization and it members across Canada well by continuing with their valuable contributions of time and expertise. On behalf of all CAFE members, I would like to thank each of them for their service.
Thank you.
Allen S. Taylor - CAFE Canada Chair |
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The Seach is ON!!
Do you know a Winning Family Business? Nominations are now open!
There is something that sets the Family Business apart from the majority of corporate entities. The passion that drives the organization from the outset, fuels the growth of the enterprise and the business family involved.
Previous Family Enterprise of the Year Achievement Award recipients have come from almost every industry sector and from almost every province and territory across Canada. These businesses have represented first generation entrepreneurial families as well as multi-generational corporate conglomerates. The key to their nomination lies in their success driven by passion, and a family with shared values and ambition.
To Nominate a Family Business for the Family Enterprise of the Year Awards please complete a Nomination Form and return to your local chapter - self nomination encouraged!
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Family Enterprise of the Year Achievement Awards - Saskatoon and Vancouver Island
(Saskatoon October 19, 2010) - A sold out audience of over 230 was on hand to hear Keynote Frank O'Dea and to congratulate Saskatoon Funeral Home as worthy award recipients for the Saskatoon Family Enterprise of the Year Achievement Award
Saskatoon Funeral Home is a complete and full service provider of funeral, cremation and bereavement care services and merchandise. The company started 100 years ago in a 700 sq. foot building with one full time employee (the founder). Today the Edwards family own and operate the W. A. Edwards Family Centre; the Prairie View Chapel and Crematorium; the Westwood Funeral Chapel; Family Pet Cremation Services; and the Battlefords Funeral Service. Currently there are 55 full-time and part-time associates. There are 5 family members involved in the business - Bill Edwards, President and CEO; his wife Eleanor and his son Morgan; Bill's brother David Edwards and his sister Brenda Nissen serve on the Board of Directors. Their history speaks of true entrepreneurial spirit.
 | | Morgan Edwards, Bill Edwards and Dave Edwards of Saskatoon Funeral Home - happy award recipients with Harold Halyk Market Manager for BMO Harris Private Bank. |
(Vancouver Island - November 3, 2010) - Uplands Golf Course hosted an evening Family Business Celebration Gala with Keynote Speaker Frank O'Dea - Mandy Farmer of Accent Inns was the proud recipient of the Vancouver Island Family Enterprise of the Year Achievement Award.
 | | Mandy Farmer - Accent Inns recipient of CAFE Vancouver Island Award |
Mandy Farmer is a third generation Victorian, and the third generation to run her family business. She is currently president and CEO of Accent Inns, a hotel chain with six properties in BC which proudly has achieved a 4 Green Key Rating at all locations. In addition to the environment, Mandy is passionate about community and sits on a number of boards including Tourism Victoria, Power to BE Adventure Therapy and CAFE. She also works with Go2 Human Resources speaking to high school students about careers in tourism. She was recently named one of Business in Vancouver's Top 40 Under 40, a YWCA Woman of Distinction and ranked #12 in Profit Magazines Top100 Canadian Women Entrepreneurs
Both Saskatoon Funeral Home and Accent Inns are now eligible for the CAFE Canada Family Enterprise of the Year Achievement Awards as representatives for their respective chapter.
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That's all for now, please continue send you submissions and requests for upcoming newsletters to us here at CAFE Canada
All the best!
CAFE Canada
Passionately Committed to the Success of Families in Business
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Family Facilitation
CAFE Canada will be hosting the Family Facilitation Course in in 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 |
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Family Enterprise Advisor Program
CAFE is proud to partner with Business Education centers at Universities in key markets across Canada. These mutually beneficial relationships offer CAFE members access to exceptional programming and insight to the cutting edge of understanding in the area of Family Business. Last Chance to Register Course Commences January 17 & 18 in Toronto
CAFE Members save $1600 2011 course offered in Vancouver and Toronto |
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Choosing the right Course
Advisors:
If you are looking for training as an overview of best practises in how families should work together; to assist families set up a Board of advisors; to assist with facilitating family meetings or to advise on instituting a board of directors chose the Family Facilitation Course. (4 days)
If you are looking for in depth knowledge on issues pertaining to a particular area of family business you can select from the 8 courses offered by UBC. (2 days each course) If you are looking for a designation to boost your career as a Family Enterprise Advisor select the Full Family Enterprise Advisor Program (18+ days - full course) Families: Families looking to learn about family governance; differences between an advisory board and a board of directors; why, when and how to have a family meeting and who should be present; the roles and responsibilities of all family members in and around your business the Family Facilitation Course will benefit your situation. To gain a deeper understanding of specific Family Business issues, you should investigate Family Business Dynamics: Business Family Strategic Planning; or Succession Planning from UBC Sauder School of Business these UBC course are available in both Vancouver and Toronto.
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Registry of Business Advisors
The Registry of Advisors (part of the CAFE website) provides a "shop window" for a professionals services. CAFE does the initial credential, background and reference checking of an applicant to ensure that they are bona fide accredited members of their specialist field and that they have the experience necessary to mediate and work within the Family Business environment.
The registry of advisors page is a public forum and therefore the shop window is open to more than the membership - indeed a google search for family business Canada will bring up CAFE on the first page.
For those businesses wanting a more active role in CAFE certainly membership is the way to go. For members the registry is a one time set up fee of only $25. (The $250 non member charge is an annual fee).
Please note also that while CAFE does the initial screening, members and the public are advised that there is no endorsement of a registry member. Businesses should interview potential advisors for the best fit for their family business and situation.
Looking for advice?
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Board of Directors
Victoria Niki Kux-Kardos
Vancouver Rick Wagner
Okanagan Cynthia Walker
Edmonton Sean Rayner
Calgary Kurt Schurer
Saskatoon Sharon Roberts
Regina Ron Coutts
Manitoba Ken Coughlin
SWO Bernie Bierbaum
Georgian Bay Lisa Bertram
GTA Allen Taylor
Ottawa Grant Walsh
Montreal Vacant
Nova Scotia Earl MacLeod
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