More at stake than business
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The International Congress of Family Businesses returns to Poznań on 27-28 September 2021. The theme of this year's meeting organized by the Institute of Family Business is "Stake bigger than business. Responsible decisions of business families". - The agenda is centered around the mechanisms of corporate governance: thus, family governance, the constitution of the family business, the family foundation and alternatives to it, the supervisory board and the family council, as well as everything that helps to professionalize the business and the family stand at the center.
"t is not only the implementation of new business models or an innovative development strategy that strengthens the competitiveness of a company. It is worth taking care of both the professionalization of the business and the professionalization of the family. That is why long-established family companies more and more often introduce order mechanisms and write down a constitution - in Germany as many as 35% of businesses have written down this document and another 17% plan to do so in the future. Also in Poland, more and more families decide to regulate the relationship between the family business and business family," says Adrianna Lewandowska Ph.D., CEO of the Family Business Institute and initiator of the Congress.
During the congress, there will be a substantive discussion showing the practical aspects of building such mechanisms that can be an inspiration for medium and large family businesses. The owners of the Kross company will talk about their own experiences and practices in building corporate governance and professionalization in the field of corporate and family governance with the representatives of the owning family. Unique insights from different ownership perspectives from Zbigniew Sosnowski, Kacper Sosnowski and Maciej Sosnowski and CEO: Filip Wojciechowski and Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Piotr Nowjalis.
Dr. Adam Mokrysz, President of the Mokate Group, will talk about responsible business building for generations and the added value he brought to the family business. The topic of responsible leadership of women in family companies will be presented by Barbara Woźniak - President and Sales Director of Ovotek and Eggs Product companies which belong to Woźniak Group. Father and daughter - mentor and successor of Pałucka Drukarnia Opakowań - Karolina Olejniczak and Włodzimierz Olejniczak will talk about the organizational culture of the family company which is a creative force in crisis. The closing of the Congress belongs to Roman Wieczorek, former President of the Management Board of Skanska Polska and - the first and only Pole - a member of the Board of Directors of the global SKANSKA Group in Stockholm, one of the largest construction and development companies in the world. Roman was among a very small group of Poles who sat on the boards of Fortune 500 companies. He is a leader with international experience, a mentor for many successors and managers who want to consciously shape their lives.
8th International Congress of Family Companies is an event that brings together owners of family businesses with their successors to talk about their businesses, share knowledge and experience, and inspire themselves and others. The two-day event will be hosted by Dr. Adrianna Lewandowska and Professor Maciej Stradomski - Chairman of the Program Council of the Family Business Institute.
Each day will be held individual lectures and panel discussions moderated by experts, which will be attended by Polish family entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs will discuss such issues as transparent rules for the functioning of family businesses, family foundations, alternative external sources of investment financing, and building governance mechanisms.
In addition to lectures and panel discussions, a ceremony is also planned to recognize and award the most socially sensitive family businesses nominated in the Family Business of the Year Competition. Then the owners of awarded companies will take part in a discussion on effective strategy and company development based on the values of business family and conscious care about the welfare and development of employees and the business environment.
In the evening part of the congress, the participants will meet again with the Smarczyński family going through the succession - in a performance show "In the family mirror" part II.
A detailed program of the congress is available at: https://kongresfirmrodzinnych.pl/
Institute of Family Business is a Knowledge Centre of Family Companies in Poland and abroad. The leading mission of the Institute is to professionalize Polish family businesses through advising on the process of succession, intergenerational strategies, and the Constitution of Family Companies, spreading knowledge, good practices, conducting and publishing research results, and exchanging domestic and foreign experience. Every year, the Institute organizes a number of eventś dedicated to family businesses, which are always a unique platform for the exchange of experiencé and an opportunity to establish invaluable business relationships.
Organizer details:
Institute for Family Business
8 Paderewskiego Street
61-770 Poznań́.
Press office:
Dagmara Krakówka
Tel. 883 777 621 | 61 307 14 27
Event website:
https://kongresfirmrodzinnych.pl/
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