Every successful family business will eventually face difficult conversations.

The question isn't if they happen, it's whether they happen around the family table or during a crisis.

Join Lincolns for a practical educational webinar exploring how families can create greater clarity, stronger communication and a shared vision for the future through a Family Charter.

📅 Tuesday 25 August 2026 🕚 11:30am – 1:00pm AWST 📍 Live Online Webinar

Optional in-person viewing at the Lincolns Albany office (limited places available)

🧑‍🧑‍🧒 Presented by Carryn & Kym

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Understanding
Family Charters

Learn what a Family Charter is and why more farming families are using them.

Succession
Conversations

How to start discussions before pressure or uncertainty takes over.

Family
Governance

Create clarity around roles, expectations and decision-making.

Live
Q&A

Ask your questions directly to Lincolns' Business Advisory specialists.

About The Webinar

Strong family businesses aren't built on avoiding difficult conversations; they're built on having them early.

This practical educational webinar explores why many family businesses struggle with succession, communication and decision-making, and how a Family Charter can help provide a framework for protecting both relationships and the future of the business.

You'll gain practical insights into the conversations that matter most, helping your family approach future decisions with greater confidence and clarity.

This is an educational session designed to help farming families and regional business owners understand the value of planning ahead, without overwhelming you with legal or technical detail.

This session includes:

  • Practical education from experienced Business Advisory specialists

  • Real-world examples and common family business challenges

  • Live questions and answers

  • Practical next steps you can discuss with your own family

Why Attend?

  • Learn why many family businesses experience conflict during succession and how to reduce it.

  • Discover how a Family Charter creates clarity before important decisions need to be made.

  • Understand the conversations families often avoid until it's too late. The presentation highlights common pressure points such as retirement, ownership, fairness, housing on the farm and decision-making.

  • Gain practical ideas to help future generations work together with confidence.

  • Hear directly from Lincolns' experienced Business Advisory team.

  • Ask your questions during the live Q&A session.

Whether succession is years away or already underway, you'll leave with practical ideas you can start discussing around the family table.

What You'll Learn

During this webinar we'll explore

  • Why families struggle with succession conversations

    Many problems don't begin with conflict; they begin with assumptions.

  • The role of a Family Charter

    How families create shared expectations, values and decision-making processes before challenges arise.

  • The conversations worth having now

    Topics often left until a crisis, including succession, fairness, roles and future planning. The presentation identifies issues such as pay versus ownership, retirement readiness, housing, fairness between on-farm and off-farm family members, relationship changes and health or burnout as conversations that are safer when addressed early.

  • Practical next steps

    Simple actions your family can begin taking immediately after the webinar.

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Who Should Attend?

This webinar is ideal for:

  • Farming families planning for future generations
  • Family-owned business owners
  • Parents thinking about succession
  • Sons and daughters working in the business or involved in ownership or leadership
  • Partners and spouses
  • Future successors
  • Anyone who wants to protect both the business and family relationships

    • The best conversations begin when everyone hears the same message.

FAQ'S

  • No. While many examples relate to farming businesses, the principles apply to all family-owned businesses.

  • No. This is an educational session designed to provide practical guidance and help families start important conversations.

  • Yes. We'll explain what it is, why families use one and how it supports better communication and planning without revealing the full facilitation process.

  • Not at all. Many families attend well before succession becomes an immediate issue. Planning early simply provides more options.

  • Absolutely. In fact, we encourage it.

    A Family Charter works best when multiple generations hear the same information and begin the conversation together.

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