For 30 years CAFE has been helping families in business succeed by bringing them together to share knowledge and experiences. CAFE is where Canadian business families connect with peers and resources for success.
Where business families talk
CAFE Southwestern Ontario has a growing membership base from London, Windsor, Chatham/Kent, Sarnia, Woodstock and surrounding areas. We strive to serve and benefit everyone associated with the family business . . .
Mike Malerba, Vice President, Metropolitan Maintenance - You joined the family business eight years ago, 25 years after your parents founded it. How has the business changed in those eight years? >>Read more
Family Benefits - What makes family businesses work? The passion. You're not just a number in a company: You're part of it. Kevin Aarts and his two brothers, Ryan and Jonathan, run the bsuiness his father started. Each of the brothers has specialized responsibilities to minimize the potential for conflict. >>Read more
Growing the family - A program emphasizing involvement with peers helps a family business meet the challenges of leadership succession. >>Read article
Making Your Sibling Team Work - For Family Cohesion and Business Success - May 30, 2013- Whether working together as leaders in a business, board members or merely owning assets together, brothers and sisters need to learn to work together efficiently and effectively to ensure their joint success. Come hear a panel of siblings who will share their insights with us! >>Details and registration // Event PDF
Personal Advisory Groups (PAGs) are an unrivaled opportunity to share with, confide in, and learn from a group of like-minded peers with one important trait in common: a deep connection to a business family. At this workshop you will have an opportunity to gain a first-hand glimpse at what happens in a PAG meeting.
>> PAG Brochure and Application
Sign up for our next session. Contact CAFE Southwestern Ontario (519) 642-4349 or email southwesternontario@cafecanada.ca. Limited to 15 participants.
Join the conversation and find the support you need in making your family business a success.
The CAFE Future Leaders Program offers an opportunity for those who envision being the future leader of their family business to get together, in a facilitated forum, to examine and share ideas and issues as they relate to family business. CAFE is committed to equipping all family members in business together. We are also aware that the future leader faces some unique challenges as they look to find the resources to develop themselves in preparing to embrace the leadership which will be entrusted to them. >> read more plus application information
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