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The Family Enterprise suite of programs are a blend of three different learning modes designed to maximize both convenience and impact:

• Pre-Program: Connect with your fellow participants via a WhatsApp group. Establish bonds before your learning begins, aided by a custom participant-profile book, program orientation and a diagnostic tool.
• Live Virtual Component: Virtual half-day sessions on Kellogg’s state-of-the-art interactive platform will establish a foundation for the rest of the program. You’ll be introduced to the core concepts of the program and equipped for the meaningful, productive and transformative in-person experience to come.
• Program Diagnostic: At the end of the live virtual foundation models, each family group will take a diagnostic that identifies family governance priorities. The diagnostic will guide selection of a meaningful family project to apply the concepts from class to address a governance priority for the family.
• Family consultation and project: A three-week period between the live virtual and in-person program modules gives you the time to identify and work on your family project, engaging other family stakeholders in the work as needed. You will have access to a family consultation to gain faculty input on the challenges your family is facing
• In-Person: An immersive experience where you are encouraged to unplug from work in a university living-learning environment at the James L. Allen Center. Forge deep connections to a global network of peers and engage with faculty formally and informally. Program sessions, meals and supplemental and social activities are face-to-face, giving you the opportunity to focus completely on learning and growth.
• Post-Program Six-Week Check-In: Reconnect with your peers to strengthen your professional and personal bonds and hold one another accountable for the action items identified in your group projects. Review what you’ve accomplished, identify and discuss your challenges and receive help from Center staff and faculty.

Our blended format, scheduled over multiple weeks, allows more time for deeper reflection and exploration. It also gives you the opportunity to share learnings with family members who haven’t enrolled in the program, include them in your consultation, put concepts into practice and spend more individual time working on the group project.

Participants in earlier blended programs have told us the format was excellent for those who attended with more than one person, while others appreciated the opportunity to reflect and absorb afforded by time spent at home and a slower pace. We’re proud of the improvements we’ve made to our offerings, and we’re sure you’ll agree.