When: Nov. 11th, 1-4 p.m. central
Cost: $300 per person
Where: Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center
650 S Griffin St., Dallas, TX 75202
Level 1, Room A130
Join professionals Elle Hansen and James Olan Hutcheson of REGENERATION and your peers for a three-hour workshop about the next phase of your life and business.
Every business will end. The unknowns are when and how. During this interactive session, we will discuss the specifics of your business circumstances, inevitable transitions, and best practices in planning.
REGENERATION will provide you with lessons from 30 years of working with more than 270 privately held businesses. Craft the future you want.
Elle Hansen joined Dallas based REGENERATION in 2008 and is the firm’s Managing Partner and Successor President. Elle is a multi-talented family business consultant with rich experience in privately held domestic and international companies. Elle is devoted to helping families experience satisfaction, success, and generational pride through the family business. Elle’s primary focus is on helping family business clients embed structures, systems, and policies in place that prevent breakdowns and improve relationships. Elle aims to help families find the balance necessary for a rich and rewarding life.
Elle specializes in family business systems, succession planning, corporate governance, conflict management, communication, and team building. Elle serves as the lead consultant for development and training of emerging adults. Elle thrives on educating families on continuity planning, building the family resources generation to generation, and binding families together around fun and laughter and legacy as opposed to obligation and guilt. She facilitates educational seminars and family retreats designed to provide a unique family experience by combining business development and relational bonding. The memories created at these family gatherings are just one aspect of the RPXP, an adventure-based experience offered exclusively by REGENERATION.
Prior to joining REGENERATION, Elle was the Director of OEM Sales and Special Projects Management for Korea based Matrix Shafts, a family enterprise. In addition, she oversaw manufacturing in all Asian and US facilities. She also served in the Composites division of Tokyo based Fujikura, one of the largest international firms in the world. Elle was also the VP for Baxter Elevator, a Dallas-based specialty construction family firm.
Elle has received her advanced certifications from the Family Firm Institute in Family Business Advising and Family Wealth Advising. Elle has been awarded Fellow status among her professional peers. This honor is presented to individuals who achieve comprehensive professional knowledge, contribute to the field of family business advising, and demonstrate significant expertise used to add value to family business owners and family wealth clients. Elle Chairs the FFI Virtual Study Group, supporting and advancing other practitioners in their work with family enterprises. Additionally, Elle is a certified executive coach and brings the coaching approach to all client relationships.
Elle splits time between Dallas, Texas and Telluride, Colorado. Her heart sings in the mountains. She is a heli-skier and adventures every year in the Canadian Rockies soaking in the adrenalin. Elle is devoted to twelve nieces and nephews, four step-grandchildren, and one fur-baby, Gracie.
James Olan Hutcheson is Founder of REGENERATION. Jim has more than 45 years of “hands-on” family business management and family business consulting experience. Jim offers experience in both the familial and professional applications of consulting.
Since founding the firm, Jim has advised more than 260 families across a wide range of industries. Jim has devoted his career exclusively to increasing shareholder value and improving communication in family enterprises.
Jim’s family has owned and been actively involved in the daily management of two family businesses: Olan Mills, Inc., the world’s premier photographic company, and Peerless Woolen Mills, later a division of Burlington Industries.
Jim began his professional career with Olan Mills, Inc. in 1976 as a part-time telemarketer and resigned his position as President of Olan Mills Studios in 1995 to establish REGENERATION. During his 20-year career with Olan Mills, he developed and led the organization to over 15,000 employees and more than 1,000 locations throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. During his tenure with his family business, the company grew at an annual rate exceeding 27%.
In addition to degrees in Psychology, Sociology, and an MBA, in 2020 Jim completed a master’s in Behavioral Economics. Jim also received an Honorary
Doctor of Laws. Jim belongs to The Family Firm Institute (FFI) where he has served on the board of directors, chair of the annual conference, and has been awarded Fellow status by his peers. Through FFI, Jim has been awarded the Richard Beckhard Practice Award, the highest recognition for practice within the field of family enterprise. Jim has been honored with the Outstanding Business Leader Award from Northwood University, where he also served as a Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Governors. Further, Jim and his firm, REGENERATION, have been awarded the Greater Texas Business Ethics Award and were finalists for The North American Business Ethics Award. During his professional life, Jim has served on the board, as a director or advisor, to more than 45 enterprises and as an interim CEO of three successful enterprises.
Jim is a frequent speaker at professional, university, and corporate-sponsored events. Additionally, he has written for numerous publications and has been featured in more than 200 national and international media including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, CNBC, MSNBC, PBS, Fuji TV, Entrepreneur, American Way, and Inc. Jim is a past editor of Nation’s Business, Financial Planning, and BusinessWeek.com, and a contributing editor for Family Business Magazine, and Families in Business.
Jim is the author of Portraits of Success: 9 Keys To Sustaining Value In Any Business and The Family Business Road Map To Peace Of Mind. Additionally, Jim has been a contributing author to the Family Business Magazines series of handbooks.
Jim splits his time in Dallas, Texas and Telluride, Colorado. He is an avid hiker, reader, and adventurer. Be sure to ask him where he’s headed next. His greatest loves are his wife, his grandchildren, and pickleball.
