Seminar on Developing Next Generation of Family Business Leaders

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Phil Clemens, Chair and CEO, The Clemens Family Corporation

ELIZABETHTOWN, PA (04/26/2012)(readMedia)-- Phil Clemens, Chairman and CEO of The Clemens Family Corporation and former President of Hatfield Quality Meats, is a third-generation owner/executive who knows how important it is to develop strong leaders to ensure future success.

He'll be sharing his expertise during a breakfast seminar "Developing the Next Generation of Leaders," sponsored by the S. Dale High Center for Family Business at Elizabethtown College on Thursday, May 10, from 8:15 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Susquehanna Room in Myer Hall on the college campus.

His presentation will provide key takeaways in the following areas: development programs for the next generation; evaluating high-potential leaders; what legacy leadership has meant to his business family; how leadership succession differs from generation to generation; and how he's managing his succession.

"To attract future generations," Clemens advises, "you must motivate, educate and inform. But most of all, you must involve them."

Complimentary breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Program begins at 8:15 a.m. and continues until 11:00 a.m. RSVP required at 717.361.1275 or FBC@etown.edu. Guests from family businesses who have not yet attended a session are welcome.

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With almost 50 member family businesses, the S. Dale High Center for Family Business at Elizabethtown College is one of largest resource organizations for family-owned firms in the United States. Created by a group of business people, family business owners, and representatives of Elizabethtown College, the Center helps family businesses achieve family unity and prosperity, continue their legacy of entrepreneurship, and create social and economic wealth across multiple generations. Serving south-central Pennsylvania and beyond since 1995, the Center believes that strengthening entrepreneurial families enhances the community and the economy as well. More information is available at the website: www.centerforfamilybusiness.org, by emailing FBC@etown.edu or by calling 717.361.1275.

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Elizabethtown College, in south-central Pennsylvania, is a private coed institution offering more than four dozen liberal arts, fine and performing arts, science and engineering, business, communications and education degrees. Through personal attention, creative inspiration and academic challenge, Elizabethtown College students are encouraged to expand their intellectual curiosity and are given the opportunity to become a bigger part of the world through experiential learning-research, internships and study abroad. Elizabethtown College's overall commitment to Educate for Service is fulfilled as students are taught intellectually, socially, aesthetically and ethically for lives of service and leadership.

Visit www.etown.edu for more information about Elizabethtown College.