How Care, Connection & Governance Really Work in Enterprising Families
As we come out of a season centered on gratitude and connection, Continuity’s Doug Baumoel and Dr. Tiffany Whitworth invite you to take a deeper look at your Family Factor — the relational strength that helps families weather conflict, change, and governance challenges with resilience.
In this session, they’ll reframe love as care: the time, attention, support, and structure families extend to one another. You’ll learn how care becomes the foundation of trust, unity, and effective decision-making — and how misaligned care can create imbalance, resentment, or dependency.
Date and Time
Thursday, December 4, 2025
2 PM ET | 11 AM PT
60 minutes
You’ll gain practical tools to assess the care dynamics in your own family, design governance that blends compassion with accountability, and strengthen relationships across generations.
You’ll walk away with:
- A clear understanding of the Family Factor and why it matters.
- How care — given wisely and proportionately — shapes trust, connection, and governance.
- Ways to spot imbalance and course-correct in healthy, constructive ways.
- Practices and structures that communicate fairness, intention, and shared commitment.
Moderated by David Shaw of Family Business Magazine, this webinar is perfect for family enterprise leaders, NextGens, and advisors who want to bring more humanity, clarity, and relational strength into their governance systems — especially at a time of year when family relationships are top of mind.
Speakers
Doug Baumoel
Founder, Continuity Family Business Consulting
Doug Baumoel founded Continuity Family Business Consulting in 2003. His expertise spans family business, family offices and governance. As co-author of “Deconstructing Conflict: Understanding Family Business, Shared Wealth and Power,” he brings a rare combination of analytical skill and empathy to families working through complex conflict.
Doug holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Engineering from Cornell University. He has earned Fellow distinctions from both the Family Firm Institute (FFI) and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), is a scholar with Cornell’s Smith Family Business Initiative, and has completed certificates in Mediation (MCLE) and Director Professionalism (NACD). In 2023, he received FFI’s Interdisciplinary Award. Doug’s work focuses on helping families translate love and connection into clear, sustainable governance frameworks that support both relationships and decision-making.
Dr. Tiffany Whitworth
Senior Consultant, Continuity Family Business Consulting
Trained as a clinical psychologist and mediator, Dr. Whitworth brings expertise in family dynamics and conflict management within family enterprise systems. She helps families resolve complex problems and strengthen relationships during times of transition. Her work leverages generational and personality differences to foster growth in both the family and the enterprise.
Whitworth earned her doctorate in psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology and is a graduate of Wheaton College. She is a licensed psychologist and registered mediator with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution. Before joining Continuity Family Business Consulting, she worked with the Family Business Clinic at Kennesaw State University’s Cox Family Enterprise Center.
Tiffany brings a psychological lens to the ways families express care and rebuild trust during times of change.
David Shaw
Publishing Director, Family Business Magazine
David Shaw is the publishing director for MLR Media. He also co-founded and serves as conference director of the Transitions conferences, The Private Company Governance Summit, Align and Family Business Legacy.
David writes frequently on governance issues for public and private companies, and develops and maintains close relationships with multi-generational family-owned businesses. He is married, with two grown children.
Benefits
- No cost to attend.
- Opportunity for questions and feedback.
- Unbiased third-party family business education.
- All participants can receive a copy of the webinar materials after the event, upon request.
- All participants receive Family Business Magazine weekly newsletter, with news, tips and trends that impact your family business. You may, of course, opt out at any time.
- 60 minutes — maximum value for time.
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