Register For Our Fully Online Course
Global Trends
&
Social Impact
Five Online Modules
Entrepreneurship
&
Innovation
People
&
Culture
Sustainability
&
Continuity
Rethinking Value
Creation
If you need assistance with your registration, please email us at fea@familyenterprise.ca
Module 1 — February 5, 2026
Bring your family enterprise. Leave with an action plan.
Thriving in a Changing World
The world is changing fast—and so are expectations on business families. Thriving in a Changing World: Global Trends, Local Impact is a five-module online mini-certification for advisors and family business members. Learn to read global signals, catalyze impact entrepreneurship, build high-trust people & culture systems (inclusion, belonging & performance), embed sustainability and rethink profit as a force for good. Through a guided live-case project, you’ll apply the tools to a real enterprise and depart with a focused Strategic Action Brief.
Module 2 — February 19, 2026
Module 3 — February 25, 2026
Module 4 — March 11, 2026
Module 5 — April 8, 2026
Module 1: Global Trends & Social Impact
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2026 (Online)
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern
Learn to evaluate today’s complex landscape and align your enterprise strategy to evolving stakeholder and next generation expectations.
Module 2: Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Date: Thursday, February 19, 2026 (Online)
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern
Understand how to leverage family values and resources to identify and launch solutions that extend and enhance an enterprise’s strengths.
Module 3: People & Culture
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 (Online)
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern
Discover strategies to build high-trust, future-ready people systems that improve decision quality, collaboration and succession readiness.
Module 4: Sustainability & Continuity
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 (Online)
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern
See practical examples of how to integrate sustainability into core business operations and long-term continuity strategies.
Module 5: Rethinking Value Creation
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026 (Online)
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern
Explore how to align purpose and profit in order to create “profit with purpose” across family, business and ownership stakeholders.
CAPSTONE PROJECT: LIVE FAMILY BUSINESS CASE
Note: Launches with Module 1, Concludes with Team Presentations in Module 5 (Online)
An incredible chance to apply all our learned frameworks to a real family enterprise challenge, producing a Strategic Action Brief with practical next steps and KPIs. Our live cases will put our learning into action, letting you test ideas, solve real issues and leave with a concrete roadmap for driving change.
Pricing Details
Member Price
$4,995
$995*
Non-Member Price
$4,995*
Case Families
$4,995
FREE REGISTRATION
for one family member
* Taxes not included
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Professional Faculty
Dr. Gaia Marchisio, Ph.D, FEA
Sr. Lecturer in Discipline, Management Division and Faculty Director, Global Family Enterprise Program, Columbia Business School
Gaia is a family-enterprise researcher, consultant, educator, speaker, and writer with over 25 years of global impact, as well as a fourth-generation successor in her own family business. She holds advanced degrees from Bocconi University and the Università degli Studi di Pavia, is a multilingual US citizen originally from Italy, and currently serves as Senior Lecturer and Faculty Director of the Global Family Enterprise Program at Columbia Business School.
Dr. Robert Nason, Ph.D, MBA, BA
Associate Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management,
McGill University
Robert Nason is a William Dawson Scholar and associate professor at McGill University whose research examines entrepreneurship’s role in society, spanning family business, behavioral strategy, growth, inequality and the informal economy. He is an award-winning scholar whose widely published work and global collaborations advance impactful and relevant research, engaging partners committed to fostering resilient entrepreneurial ecosystems worldwide.
Dr. Pramodita Sharma, Ph.D
Chair of Family Business, Grossman School of Business,
University of Vermont
Dita is the Schlesinger-Grossman Chair of Family Business at the University of Vermont, a visiting scholar at leading global family business centers, and an advisory board member for Jönköping International Business School. Her extensive research and publications explore succession, governance, innovation, and sustainability, and she co-founded the Schlesinger Global Family Enterprise Case Competition.
Christian Broyhill, LPC
Founder of NextGen Journeys
Christian Broyhill operates NextGen Journeys, bringing essential conversations about mental health and resilience into family-owned enterprises while supporting Rising Gen members as they navigate identity within their family narrative. A licensed professional counselor with advanced training in group facilitation and Next Gen leadership, she also maintains a private practice and speaks widely to empower others.