GROWTH & IMPACT WEEK SPEAKER LINEUP
The speakers at Growth and Impact Week are award-winning advisors, operators, and thought leaders who don’t just understand growth and impact, they execute it. Each speaker has been selected for their ability to translate methodology into real-world implementation, sharing how they’ve built in-demand practices through intentional, ROI-driven relationships with business owners. Expect candid perspectives, practical frameworks, and honest discussion around what works in today’s market, from client selection and trust-building to accountability, culture, and value creation. This is not a stage of theorists; it’s a room of practitioners committed to helping you apply what you learn and accelerate results in your firm.
Roland Kidwell
Meet Roland Kidwell:
Roland Kidwell, PhD Louisiana State University, is Carl DeSantis Distinguished Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at Florida Atlantic University. He is former chair of the Management Programs...
ABOUT ROLAND
Meet Roland Kidwell:
Roland Kidwell, PhD Louisiana State University, is Carl DeSantis Distinguished Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at Florida Atlantic University. He is former chair of the Management Programs Department (2015-2023), and former director of the Adams Center for Entrepreneurship (2016-2023) at FAU. During his tenure as chair and director, FAU was named a Top 25 undergraduate program in entrepreneurship (Princeton Review/Entrepreneur Magazine) and in international business (US News & World Report). Roland’s research focuses on conflict and dysfunctional behavior, executive compensation, and succession in family firms. Over the years, his work has appeared in the Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Family Business Review, Human Resource Management, and other academic journals. He has also written or edited five books, including two scheduled to be published in 2024: Case studies in family business: Overcoming destructive conflict, deviance, and dysfunction in the family firm (Edward Elgar) and Dysfunction and deviance across family firms: Varying reflections of the dark side. (Palgrave Studies in Family Business Heterogeneity). He is a fellow of the Family Firm Institute and the United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He has received certificates as a family business advisor from the Family Firm Institute. At FAU, he teaches entrepreneurship, global business strategy, and advanced management theory in the undergraduate, MBA, and Executive PhD programs at FAU. In Fall 2023, he was a Fulbright Scholar and worked in Belgium as a research associate at the Hasselt University. Research Center for Entrepreneurship and Family Firms.