Overview 

Disruptions have become the new normal as families face disruptions, DAILY. This has also led to an opportunity to catalyse change in business families, not only in the short-term but to drive deep transformations with impact that will last generations.

Join Prof. Elmarie Venter on 14 September 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. as she discusses the role and impact of family businesses, as well as the factors influencing their success, sustainability and failure. This webinar is the fourth webinar in the Financially Fit for the Future series by Old Mutual.

Learning objectives

The key takeaways for attendees:

• The role and impact of family businesses globally and in South Africa.
• What makes family business successful and sustainable?
• What causes the demise of family businesses?
• Lessons learnt and best practices for family businesses to survive the COVID-19 crisis.

Content

The webinar will cover the following topics:

• Background to family businesses.
• Why should we study family businesses and business families?
• Prominent family businesses and their contributions.
• Family business growth around the world.
• Family businesses in Africa and South Africa.
• Sustainable development for family businesses in South Africa.
• The Successful Trans-generational Entrepreneurship Practices (STEP) Project.
• Framework for enhancing trans-generational potential of African family businesses.
• Challenges facing global and African family businesses.
• Family businesses and COVID-19.
• How South African SMEs can survive the COVID-19 crises: Lessons learnt & best practices.

Obtaining your CPD certificate

This webinar is free and does not qualify you for CPD hours.

About the presenter

Prof. Elmarie Venter

Elmarie is a well-known presenter, facilitator, mentor and consultant in the field of family businesses. She has almost 30 years of lecturing and research experience in academia. She is currently a professor in the Department of Business Management.

Elmarie has been a consultant to family businesses in South Africa for more than 13 years on succession planning, governance and the role of women in family businesses. She has passion for the business families and students she works with and to see them flourish and grow in their businesses and families.

Elmarie is a founding member and was for 8 years the Director of the Nelson Mandela University Family Business Unit, the first and only research unit of its kind in Africa. The FBU works closely with leading scholars and family businesses to provide excellence in family business research and teaching. Prof. Venter has been the keynote speaker and presenter of more than 80 events nationally, in Africa and internationally on topics such as succession planning, governance, the role of women and maintaining trans-generational succession and entrepreneurship in family businesses.

Who should attend

The following persons will benefit from attending this webinar:

• Professional Accountants including: RA, CA(SA), PA(SA) and BAP(SA);
• Practice owners;
• Business owners; and
• Aspiring entrepreneurs.

Price

This webinar is free.

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Additional material

By attending this webinar you will be provided with:

• Summarised slide presentation.
• Reference documents and/or course material where available.
• You can ask questions during the webinar and you will also have access to me the presenter after the webinar.