President’s Message – Prayers For Positive Energy
At EFBC, we’re all about shared experiences, right? This month I’m sharing one of my personal experiences, the prayers that I keep with me all the time. I wish that I knew who wrote it first, but I don’t know… Read more→
President’s Message – Changing Our Culture: Introducing The Diversity
I’m contemplating forums and how they work over time; specifically the benefits that I get from my EFBC Forum. It’s a huge cornucopia (like that scrabble winner?). It’s more than I could have ever imagined before getting involved with the… Read more→
President’s Message – Promoting EI Outside The Workplace
I like writing about the things that I’m thinking about. I’d truly enjoy hearing back from you on these things or anything else that we should ponder. I’m seem to be talking over the canyon and have yet to hear… Read more→
Hiring Trends To Track In 2015
As I work within the walls of family owned, private and publicly held businesses, I have the advantage to see trends that are evolving in the workplace. Some trends are a flash in the pan and others are game changers. … Read more→
President’s Message – Monthly Talks & Thoughts
I’ve been contemplating our membership statistics; one in particular points out a great opportunity. Over 80% of our members are “Family” businesses while less than 20% are “Entrepreneurs”, like myself. Why is that? Could it just be our name? Could… Read more→
President’s Message – A Ticket to Success
I have been wondering what my life would have been like had I not joined the Entrepreneur & Family Business Council 18 years ago. I had been drafted into a 50-year-old business at the age of 44, with a young… Read more→
Illinois’ Concealed Carry Act
By Jeff Warren and Alex Marks, partners at Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C. Implications for Business Owners and Employers While Illinois’ enactment of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act (“Act”) has important implications for business owners, and at first blush… Read more→
DePaul Spotlight on Dr. Patrick J Murphy
Chicago Family Business Council: Could you tell us a little bit about your programs and responsibilities? Dr. Patrick J. Murphy: Last year I founded the Social Enterprise Collaborative (dpusocent.org), which is a donor-funded operation at DePaul that connects our students… Read more→
Member Spotlight on Bryan Doherty of Erin Rope
Chicago Family Business Council: What year was your company founded? Bryan Doherty: Erin Rope was founded in 1998 CFBC: Tell us a little bit of the history behind the company? BD: Erin Rope was founded by my father James Doherty… Read more→
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
A recent Illinois Appellate Court case made life a lot easier for those who love to spend their summers in Chicago but can no longer tolerate the long, cold winters and the Illinois income and inheritance tax systems. Old Man… Read more→