Forums for Family Business
Running continuously for over thirty years, Forums for Family Business (FFB) provides a space to bring issues, discuss family business challenges, network with other successful businesses, and develop friendships:
- Specifically for family members working in family business
- Supportive group of peers
- Facilitated monthly meetings
- Social get-togethers
- Special events
- Based in Milwaukee and serving Southeast Wisconsin
Executive Coaching
Bill Edstrom facilitates our FFB groups and is also an experienced 1-1 coach. With a diverse background that ranges from technical, to business, to creative, Bill not only listens but generally understands the issues.
- Family business challenges
- Your core values
- Personal goals
- Career development
- Personality & Identity
What our members say
We share our best practices, resources, and most importantly our experiences to help one another through the unique challenges of family businesses.
Vesla Hoeschen - Chair of the Board
Member Experience
Where else can you gather information on both the complexities of family dynamics with the insights on successful business management?
Pat Laughlin
What our members say
The Forum group is like my own personal group of advisors assisting to navigate the complex life of a family business member.
Ollie Ellsworth
What our members say
Because we are all in family businesses, we are able to cover a broader range of issues: from business… to ownership, succession and family challenges.
Jered Stoehr - Chief Executive Officer
Member Experience
Bill has an acute understanding of the issues that can arise inside of a family business and with related family shareholders.
Dan Voell
What our members say
Bill has done a good job facilitating the discussions since taking over from Dean. He has solid feedback on situations discussed based on his long time exposure to his own family business.
Dean Steiner - VP of Sales & Strategy
What our advisor say
As a member of The Forums for Family Business himself for over three decades, Bill has a depth of experience and a personal compassion for the issues facing the members.
Dean R. Fowler, Ph.D,
Member Experience
I would have likely quit family business if I had not been a member of the Forum group. In those more frustrating times of family dynamics, I’ve had others that relate exactly to my issue.
Art Edstrom
Board member of Avidity Science/Former CEO of Edstrom Industries, Inc.
Board member of Avidity Science/Former CEO of Edstrom Industries, Inc.
Member Experience
Despite my businesses and industry being vastly different than many of the group members, the topics and issues we discuss are strikingly similar.
Pat Laughlin
What our members say
Bill Edstrom … has already experienced what it takes to be faced with difficult choices in a family business while ultimately coming out of the other side of it all with successful results.
Ollie Ellsworth
