Family Business Center: Loyola University Chicago

Clear boundaries can support self-care, stronger family relationships, and better business performance.

Join us for the final installment of our three-part webinar series with Elizabeth Pyjov: Recognizing and Reclaiming Your Boundaries.

The session will explore warm, respectful ways to communicate boundaries in a family business while balancing clarity, compassion, and care.

This event is in partnership with our friends at Bailey Program for Family Enterprise at University of Denver.

Register here: https://app.glueup.com/event/communicating-boundaries-with-confidence-and-care-156637/

We’re excited for another semester of our undergraduate course, MGMT377: Family Business Management!

Last fall, enrollment in the course tripled as students explored the unique opportunities and challenges of family owned businesses through case studies, classroom discussions, and insights from family business guest speakers.

And the impact extended beyond the classroom—two students went on to secure jobs after connecting with a family business that participated as a guest speaker!

We’re looking forward to welcoming a new group of students this fall and continuing to connect classroom learning with family businesses.

Did you know members of our broader community can also audit the course? Learn more about MGMT 377: https://www.luc.edu/familybusiness/services/familybusinessmanagement/

Congratulations to West Side Tractor for winning the John Deeree 2025 Onyx Award! 🎉

This award recognizes the top-performing construction equipment dealerships in North America.

We’re proud to see one of our members recognized for an achievement that reflects both exceptional performance and the strength of a family business legacy more than 60 years in the making.

Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/west-side-tractor-sales-co-_westsidetractor-johndeere-onyxaward-activity-7479959379262443520-k4KZ

Happy National Parents Day!

In family businesses, parents often wear many hats—parent, mentor, teacher, and role model. They pass down not only a business, but also the values, work ethic, and sense of purpose that shape the next generation.

Today, we're celebrating the parents whose guidance and dedication continue to leave a lasting impact on their families and their businesses.

Happy National Parents Day from all of us at the Loyola Family Business Center 💙

Embrace imperfection, build resilience, lead with agility, and discover your strengths.

Our final summer reading recommendations are all about personal growth 📚

“Gifts of Imperfection” by Brené Brown

“Emotional Agility” by Susan David

“Leadership Agility” by Bill Joiner & Stephen Josephs

“The Daughter Also Rises” by Anne E. Frances

We hope our summer reading recommendations have inspired you to add a few new books to your reading list!

As we kick off the second half of the year, we’re looking back at some highlights from the first six months at the Loyola Family Business Center.

Here’s a look at what we’ve been up to:

✈️ Attended the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business Schlesinger Global Family Enterprise Case Competition with an incredible group of undergraduate students

📈 Hosted our annual Economic Outlook Breakfast in partnership with Bank of America

👋 Welcomed two new Advisory Board members: Brian Richmond and Bryan Schwartz

📝 Explored purpose-driven retirement planning with Scott McLagan

👩‍💼 Brought our community together for our annual Women in Family Business event, which included a vision board workshop led by Qiana Turner

💬 Hosted the first two sessions of our three-part Boundaries webinar series with Elizabeth Pyjov

🎓 Celebrated the graduation of our 2026 Next Generation Institute Leadership cohort

➡️ Presented a five-part webinar series on transitions led by Anne Bauer

⚖️ Hosted our 4th annual Legal Lens event in partnership with Katten

🤲 Held two Hands-On Workshops, focused on governance and finance

☀️ Celebrated National Family Owned & Operated Business Day with our members at our annual Family Summer Social

Thank you to our members, partners, speakers, and facilitators for making the first half of the year so incredible. We’re looking forward to everything the rest of the year has in store!

Explore upcoming events here: https://www.luc.edu/familybusiness/events/upcomingevents/