FFI On Friday | January 18, 2019

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2019 FFI Achievement Awards Nominations Now Being Accepted
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 FFI Achievement Awards.
Over more than twenty-five years, these four awards have widened in scope to honor the accomplishments of leaders in the field and to increase public awareness of the variety of skills and perspectives needed to work successfully with multi-generational families in business.
Two of these awards are named for founders of FFI. The Richard Beckhard Practice Award recognizes individuals making significant contributions to the practice of family enterprise consulting. The Barbara Hollander Award honors people who have dedicated themselves to lifelong learning. The Interdisciplinary and International Awards reflect two of FFI’s core commitments – to contribute to the development of the field from cross-disciplinary and global perspectives.
Please reflect on these awards and send nominations for one or more of them. Applications with supporting materials should be submitted no later than April 15. The awards will be presented on Friday, October 25, as part of the 2019 FFI Annual Global Conference in Miami.

The awards are briefly summarized below.

FFI Achievement Awards
The Richard Beckhard Practice Award was established to honor a founding member of FFI and distinguished practitioner in the family enterprise field.
It recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of family enterprise practice. Dick Beckhard himself was the first recipient; the 2018 recipient was Kirby Rosplock, founder of Tamarind Partners, Inc. Recipients have come from Canada, England, Mexico, Spain, and the United States.

Richard Beckhard
Family Firm Institute
MIT Sloan School of Management

Kirby Rosplock
Tamarind Partners, Inc.

The Barbara Hollander Award was created to honor the late founder and first president of FFI to perpetuate her profound interest in family business.
The award recipient exemplifies Barbara Hollander’s love of education and learning, life-long commitment to social causes, dedication to civic responsibility, belief in the human capacity to change for the better, and belief in giving to others generously. Kathy Wiseman was the inaugural winner; the 2018 recipient was Caro Rock, publisher of Family Business magazine. Recipients have hailed from Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Italy, Mexico, and the United States.

Caro Rock
Family Business Magazine

The Interdisciplinary Achievement Award recognizes outstanding achievement in the advancement of interdisciplinary services to family enterprises.
Established in 1999, it was first given to the University of St. Thomas Center for Family Enterprise. The most recent recipient was Andrew Keyt, president and founder of Keyt Consulting, former executive director of the Loyola University Chicago Business Center, and president of Family Business Network – North America.

Andrew Keyt
Keyt Consulting

The International Award recognizes an individual or organization for outstanding achievement in furthering the understanding of family enterprise issues which occur between two or more countries.
Recipients include individuals, universities and associations; the 2018 recipient was the El Agamy family, publisher of Tharawat magazine and a leading force in the family business field for more than three decades.

The El Agamy family
Tharawat magazine

Dates to Remember
February 1
NYC Regional Planning Committee Meeting
February 7
Miami Regional Reception
March 1
Deadline for Best Doctoral Dissertation Award submissions
March 8
Last day to begin FFI GEN online coursework for Q1 Capstone webinars
April 15
Deadline for Best Unpublished Research Paper Award submissions

Deadline for all Achievement Awards nominations

February 1
NYC Regional Planning Committee Meeting
February 7
Miami Regional Reception
March 1
Deadline for Best Doctoral Dissertation Award submissions
March 8
Last day to begin FFI GEN online coursework for Q1 Capstone webinars
April 15
Deadline for Best Unpublished Research Paper Award submissions