share leadership When siblings

f\gnNces ARE GooD lUtnat a lons-lived family business will eventually be led by a sibling team. But despite sharing common values, siblings face real obstacles when cast in the top leadershiP spot.

Sure, perceptions of parental favoritism and longstanding rivalries can make cooperation diffi-

.-wrcult. But the biggest challenge? Almost all second-generation sibling teams must somehow adapt a decision-making process dominated by a single autocratic leader into one that works for two or more people. The key is preparation.

So how do you prepare sibling teams capable of this challenge? When your children are young, define your expectations in written form and formalize procedures that all employees, family and nonfamily, are expected to follow. If you wait until your kids are ready to assume leadership roles to do this, it may engender conflict rather than prevent it.

Do it before they enter the business and all involved will know what's expected and have a chance to grow into their roles.

Necessary Paperwork

Documents you'll need to include a buy-sell shareholder agreement, an employment policy, compensation guidelines, and job descriptions to help all understand who will be hired, under what circumstances, how they'll be paid, and what their responsibilities will be.

As children grow, they should be introduced to the business so they can get to know employees, hear stories about the business's positive and negative aspects, and learn why you started and continue to run the business. Older children should be invited to take summer jobs.

Before joining the company full time, siblings should be required to obtain the necessary education and training to execute their responsibilities. This may include college or technical schools, and should include a period of time working at an outside company. where the family name carries no significance, before they join the family company.

Team Concept from the Start

When siblings have joined the company but aren't vet in the top leadership jobs, encourage them to work as a team by pairing them in jobs that require cooperation. Avoid putting them on tracks that have them following each other in the same job, or you risk encouraging unhealthy competition'

When siblings are sent out for training or seminars, have them attend together when possible. It will encourage a sense of togetherness they can use to represent the family firm to outsiders.

You should also set up regular family meetings and organize a board of directors that includes outsiders. Prepare a process for breaking tie votes in the event the siblings can't agree on some future decision. Consider having an outsider or one of the siblings take a rotating role as the tiebreaker.

Once the siblings are in leadership roles, you as a parent should not act as a tiebreaker-it should be their responsibility.

The job of preparing siblings for sharing leadership of a family company is a challenging one. With luck, it will pay off during and after their successful run, when the next generation will be ready to take the reins.

Reprinted with permission of ReGeneration Partners. No portion of this article may be reproduced without its permi.ssion.

Central Network Retail Group, Germantown, Tn., has acquired NFL Building Center, Daphne, Al., and will reopen NFL's shuttered location in Gulf Shores, Al., retaining the NFL name.

Home Lumber, Sedalia, Mo., is liquidating after nearly 50 years and will close next month. -David and Linda Schroeder, owners since 1990, sold the property to a develoPer.

Rocky Mount Supply Co., Rocky Mount, Va., will retain its irame and staff, following its acquisition by 4-unit CMC Suppl!, Roanoke, Va.

Tallapoosa Builders Supply, Tallapoosa, Al', recently held a grand opening under new owner Caleb Gooden.

Builders Surplus, Louisville, Ky., hopes to open a 50,000-sq, ft. store by April 2 in Newport, Ky'

Montevallo Buildinq & Supply, Montevallo, Al., has opened on the former site of t[ciltiombe Building Supply (Heath and Michael Klinner, owners).

ProBuild held a grand opening Jan.20-21 for its new 65,000-sq. ft. yard in Altoona, Pa. (Carl Allison, general mgr.).

84 Lumber has shuftered its yard in Mount Vernon, Oh.

Dakota Craft, Rapid City, S.D., agre-e! to sell its Truss Craft division, Cheyenne, Wy., to Mead Lumber, Columbus. Ne.

George's Hardware, Gainesville, Fl., has closed after 44 years, witn tne retirement of owner Robert George.

Wilson True Value Hardware, Kingsville, Tx., closed Jan. 31 with the retirement of owner Ben Wilson lll. He had been with the family business for 34 of its 66 years.

Hamblen Hardware, St. Augustine, Fl., is liquidating after 137 years, with the retirement of K.C. and Gail Kramer, owners since 1995.

Liberty Roofing Cqnter, New Kensington,Pa., sold its Troy, 01., location-to Richards Building Supply' Chicago, ll.

Richards now has 37 branches across nine Midwest states. Liberty is left with seven locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Virginia.

Lowe's opened 103,000-sq. ft. home centers Jan. 12 in Mount Pocono, Pa. (Scott Crouse, store mgr'), and Jan. 5 in Riverhead, N.Y. (Marcus Lewis, mgr.).

Home Depot reopened Jan. 11 in Joplin, Mo., nearly eight months after being devastated by a tornado.

Menards is preparing to break ground this spring on a new store on 35 acres in SW Springfield, ll., to open by the end of the year.

Cedar Creek Moves into Alabama

Cedar Creek, Oklahoma City, Ok., has purchased the engineered wood products division of Stringfellow Lumber Co., Birmingham, Al., and will lease the division's facilities as its thirteenth DC.

The operation-linking Cedar Creek's DCs in North Carolina and Tennessee-serves Alabama and parts of Mississippi, Florida and Georgia, under branch manager Ron Westmoreland.

The acquisition came about shortly after a deal fell through for Cedar Creek to purchase Wholesale Wood Products' DCs in Birmingham and Dothan, Al. (see Dec" p.17)-

Stringfellow's wholesale and distribution division is unaffected by the sale and continues to operate as a subsidiary of Jemison Investment Co., Birmingham.

Weaber to Merge under New Owner

Hardwood lumber and millwork manufacturer Weaber Inc., Lebanon, Pa., has been acquired by private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners, Cleveland, Oh.

Matt Weaber said the company had found itself in "a difficult situation with our bank group" and that Resilience "quickly provided both financial and operational stability during an extremely challenging time in the lumber industry;'

Resilience will merge Weaber with another holding' Taylor Lumber, McDermott, Oh., which it acquired in 2010. Weaber will continue as president and chief operating officer of the new company, with Resilience principal Ronald Cozean as c.e.o.

"The Weaber acquisition effectively complements the strengths of Taylor Lumber by broadening the merged companies' product mix and produces key operational and sales and marketing synergies," said Resilience's Ki Mixon.

Founded in 1941, Weaber currently employs more than 300, less than half its number of employees in 2006.

Lumberyard Shooting Claims Four

A disgruntled employee at McBride Lumber Co., Star, N.C.. shot and killed three co-workers and wounded another Jan. 13. He then returned home and fatally shot himself.

Authorities said that 50-year-old Ronald Dean Davis killed Eusebio Diaz Gomez, 34; Jose Galdino Lopez Azquierdo, 25, and Daniel Thomas Davis' 32, who was the gunman's cousin. Florentino Tellez Aparicio,2l, was also shot, but is in fair condition.

Authorities said that 16 employees were working at the warehouse at the time of the shooting. Reportedly, Davis went directly to the four victims and shot them point blank with a l2-gauge shotgun. He then briefly chased fleeing workers into the woods, firing several more blasts from his shotgun, before he returned home and shot himself in the head with a semi-automatic handgun.

Supervisor Jeff Latham told a local news station that Davis was paranoid and believed that Spanish-speaking employees were talking about him.

Sheriff Dempsey Owens said that a six-page' handwritten note left by the gunman was "very vague and rambles a lot. I don't know what would send a man off the edge to go and do such a heinous act."

Davis had worked at the lumberyard for 12 years.

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Hood Industries signed a 1O-year lease for a74,240sq. ft. facility in Ayer, Ma.

Whitson Lumber Co., Palmyra, Tn.,lost its sawmill in an early morning electrical fire Dec. 22.

Reed Bray Lumber Co., Red Boiling Springs, Tn., suffered $1 million in damages from a Jan. 9 eleckical fire that devoured its 10,000-sq. ft. sawmill.

Columbia Forest Products' CFP Components, division, Greensboro, N.C., has acquired Gabinotch, Owensboro, Ky., developer of an innovative system for assembling face-framed cabinet boxes.

Nucor, Charlotte, N.C., is closing its Nuconste€l plants in Denton, Tx., and Dallas, Ga., this spring and will no longer fabricate light gauge steel framing for residential construction.

CalStar Products is relocating its headuarters and R&D activity from Newark, Ca., to its manufacturing plant in Caledonia, Wi.

Georgia Gulf Corp., Atlanta, Ga., reiected.an unsolicited $1-billi6n buyout offeiby Westlake Chemical Corp., Houston, Tx., calling it inadequate.

Separately, Georgia Gulf announced plans to next month shut down its Royal Building Products plant in Milford, In., which produces vinyl decking, fencing and railings.

Universal Fastener Outsourcing, west Fork, Ar., has appointed PAM Fastening Technology, Charlotte, N.C., as exclusive master distributor of UFO's Ballistic Nail Screws in U.S. and eastern Canada.

U.S. Lumber, Atlanta, Ga., expects to begin distributing Georgia-Pacific engineered wood products Feb. 13.

Mid-State Lumber Corp., Branchburg, N.J., is now dishibuting Dow Building Solutions products in the MidAtlantic region.

Bluelinx is now distributing Natures Composite's TerraDeck composite decking in Tampa, Fl.

Parksite's DCs in North Brunswick, N.J.; Louisville, 0h.; Bolingbrook, ll., and Tampa, Fl., are now distributing RDI's Endurance, Titan Pro, and MetalWorks railing lines.

Emery-Waterhouse, Portland, Me., now distributes PolyWhey wood finishes from Vermont Natural Coatings, Hardwick, Vt.

Absolute Distribution, Minneapolis, Mn., is now distributing Solutions aluminum railings and balusters for Fainrray Building Products, Mount Joy, Pa.

Advantage Trim & Lumber, Buffalo, N.Y., has added Massaranduba exotic hardwood decking.

RoyoMartin division Rocky Creek Lumber, Mexia, Al., has been approved to produce FSO-certified southern pine lumber products.

Revised Southern Pine Design Values Gain Paftial Approval

The Southern Pine Inspection Bureau's proposed design value changes have been partially approved by the American Lumber Standard Committee's Board of Review, effective June 1,2012.

The board approved proposed design value changes for No. 2 2x4 southern pine visually graded dimension lumber and all lower grades of 2x4'. No. 3, Stud, Construction and Utility. It declined to approve the proposed design values for other grades and sizes of southern pine, but was mindful that testing is currently underway on a full matrix sample.

"southern pine producers and their customers are pleased with the board's decision on design values," said Cathy Kaake, SFPA's senior director of engineered and framing markets. "Industry and customer groups need time for an orderly implementation and this announcement provides that."

The Southern Pine Design Value Forum, held last November in Atlanta, was instrumental in bringing industry and customer groups together. SFPA will continue to facilitate the dialog among key industry segments to help formulate a unified approach to implementation of these new design values.

"The decision from ALSC is a good thing," said Kaake. "We are receiving positive reactions from our customer groups and will continue to work with them on a united front going forward."

Helping Hands Let Massachusetts DealerBounce Back from Fire

Investigators have determined that a Jan. 3 fire that caused between $1.5 and $2 million in damage at DresserHull Lumber,Lee, Ma., was ignited by an engine block heater in a delivery truck.

"This was a significant fire with a lot of combustible materials that firefighters were able to prevent from spreading," fire chief Alan Sparks said of the blaze that destroyed building materials and six delivery trucks stored inside a 6,400-sq. ft. cinder-block structure.

Despite the damage, the business opened as usual the next morning and made deliveries with trucks lent by suppliers and competitors. "That's the spirit this town, this county, has always had," said president Dick Shields, whose family has owned the 107-year-o1d business since 1953. "This truly is why I live here."

MJB Wood Group Expands

MJB Wood Group Inc., Irving, Tx., has expanded its operations across North America.

A new DC in Simsboro, La., opened in November. In December, MJB added DCs in St. Paul/Minneapolis, Mn.; Louisville, Ky., and Charlotte, N.C.

"We have had great success with our distribution facility in Elkhart, In., and wanted to duplicate this model to service accounts in the Midwest and Southeast," said v.p. of sales Jeff Messick.

The company's Mexican subsidiary, MJB Tableros Y Maderas, expanded with a new DC in Merida. "This new market will allow us to expand the exceptional service MJB Tableros is so well known for to the Yucatan, along with our expansive product offering of panel products and lumber," said president Juan Escobedo.

Wolr Reorganizes Divisions

WoLr, York, Pa., has restructured, streamlining from 13 business units to seven.

Although no positions were eliminated, several executives took on new titles and responsibilities.

Craig Danielson, president of The Wolf Organization, will also serve as president of the new Wolp Home Products business unit, formerly called Wolp Building Products. Brad Kostelich is now president of Wolr, previously known as Wolp Distributing Co. Mike Sessinger is executive v.p.-sales. Regional v.p.s are Rick Post for the Northeasr; Bob Lett, Mid-Atlantic building products; Joe Facini, Mid-Atlantic kitchen & bath, and Mark Simmers, Southeast.

Patty Cobaugh is now executive v.p. of Woln Support Services, and Michael Newsome is chief financial officer and executive v.p. of Wolr' Corporate Division.

Arauco Acquires Moncure Production Complex

Arauco Panels USA LLC, a subsidiary of Arauco Wood Products, Atlanta, Ga., has agreed to purchase Uniboard USA's MDF and particleboard facilities in Moncure. N.C.

One of the largest facilities of its kind in the U.S., the 340,000-sq. ft. operation includes an MDF line that can produce up to 226 million sq. ft. annually, a particleboard line with an annual capacity of 156 million sq. ft., and two melamine lines.

"This acquisition shows our commitment as a long-term supplier of sustainable, high-quality forest products to the North American market," said Charles Kimber, Arauco's corporate affairs & marketing director. "We are very excited about the prospects ahead as we blend the talents and technology of Arauco, Arauco Panels USA, and the Moncure facility."

Uniboard Canada will continue to supply Canada and the U.S. market with particleboard, MDF, and thermofused melamine products, including the Uniboard Melamine collection. Arauco will license the Uniboard Melamine collection for sales in the Southeastern U.S.

The deal is set to close during first quafier 2012.

Arauco is making the purchase after being forced to shut down its Nueva Aldea forestry complex in Chile, after a rash of forest fires that began Dec. 3l spread to its panel mill.

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Steve Levinson has joined the inside sales team at Wholesale Wood Products, Birmingham, Al. Harris Mayo is new to inside sales in Dothan, Al.

Eric Harbison and Heath HoPPer, ex-Merritt Lumber Co., have opened a Cullman, Al., sales office for Double L Industries, Peachtree City, Ga.

Brad Hodgins, ex-Bluelinx, has joined the outside sales team at Consolidated Lumber, Clifton, N.J.

John Beers Jr., ex-Weyerhaeuser, has rejoined Progressive Affiliated Lumbermen, Grand Rapids, Mi., as mgr. of business development.

Tom Demers has been named chief financial officer at Kleer Lumber, Westfield, Ma.

Lynda Anthony, v.p.-human resources, safety & environment, Anthony Forest Products, El Dorado, Ar., has retired after 28 years with the company.

John DeYoung, ex-Allied Building Products, has joined Moulding & Millwork, as regional general mgr. for the East, based in Chicago, Il.

Larry Burton, ex-Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., has been aPPointed v.p.-business development for International Forest Products, Foxborough, Ma.

BJ. Fagin, ex-Lowe's, has joined the sales team at Millard Lumber, Omaha, Ne.

Alex Apolinar, ex-Shelter Products, is now handling contractor direct sales in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Tx., area for Bridgewell Resources.

David C. Parker has been named mgr. of Cramer's Home Building Center, Pocono Summit, Pa.

Bill Richards has retired from The Buying Center, Greer, S.C., after 40 years in the industry.

Adam Lane-Olsen is a new assistant store mgr. at Lowe's Home Improvement, Hutchinson, Ks. Frank Mofford, ex-Home Depot, has joined Menards, Indianapolis, In., as supervisor of the lumber department.

Kurt Koehler has been promoted to division mgr.-East Coast operations at MJB Wood Group, Huntersville, N.C.

Reed Rediger, ex-Christensen Lumber, has joined the sales team at DMSi. Omaha. Ne.

Michael McCann has been named v.p.-global sales at Guardian Building Products, Greenville, S.C.

Erik Carlson is now interactive marketing mgr. for Pella Corp., Pella, Ia.

Marc Held, ex-Marvin Windows, is a new commercial sales rep at Malta Windows & Doors, Malta, Oh.

Stephen Truhan, ex-HD Supply, is now repping MasterBrand Cabinets for Ervolina Associates, Longwood, Fl.

Laurie Larsen has been named materials mgr. for Industrial Door Co., St. Paul, Mn.

Jim Chrysler has been promoted to director of procurement for DuroLast Roofing, Saginaw, Mi.

Paul Harrison, ex-Tolko Industries, is new to Progressive Solutions, Vancouver, B.C., as mgr., professional services-LumberTrack.

Sheron Dinnoo has joined Forest2Market, Charlotte, N.C., as mgr.information technology.

Brett McCutcheon has been promoted to general mgr. of Fasco America, Muscle Shoals, Al., and Empire Products, North American distribution divisions of the Beck Fastener Group. He succeeds Jerry Koontz, who has retired after 2O years with the company.

Rusty Winter, ex-Horizon Roofing, is a new sales rep at Boise Cascade, Auburn, Ga., serving ThermaTru door customers in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Robert Marchbank, ex-Wolseley, has been named c.e.o. of ProBuild Holdings, Denver, Co. Interim c.e.o. Fred Marino remains vice chairman.

Joe Graziano has joined HD Supply, as national accounts mgr. for the Milwaukee, Wi., area.

John Dickey is new to Roofing Supply Group, Dallas, Tx., as sup, ply chain mgr.

Tom Dillon, ex-Lowe's, is now senior v.p. of sales at GXi Outdoor Power, Clayton, N.C.

John Johnson, ex-JR Ball Contracting, is now territory sales mgr. for CertainTeed Gypsum, Little Rock, Ar.

Brett Boyum has been promoted to v.p. of marketing at Marvin Windows & Doors, Warroad, Mn.

Ryan Furtado is new to cedar sales at Western Forest Products, Vancouver, B.C. Nathan Tellis is new to industrial sales.

Alan H. Koblin, ex-Silgan Plastics, has been named president of Clopay Plastic Products Co., Mason, Oh., replacing Gary A. Abyad, now senior advisor.

Thomas I. Morgan, chairman and c.e.o., Baker & Taylor, Inc. has been elected to the board of directors of Rayonier, Jacksonville, Fl.

Joel Rood, ex-CertainTeed Canada, has been named c.e.o. of Calstar Products, Caledonia, Wi.

Brian Luoma, Louisiana-Pacific, Nashville, Tn., was elected chairman of the American Wood Council, succeeding Joe Patton, Westervelt Co., Tuscaloosa, Al. First vice chairman is Fritz Mason, Georgia-Pacific, Atlanta, Ga., and 2nd vice chairman Andrew Miller, Stimson Lumber, Portland, Or. Ray Dillon, Deltic Timber, El Dorado, Ar.. was elected and Rob Taylor, Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wa., was reelected to the board.

Susan Peterson, Belletete's Inc., Jaffrey, N.H., has been elected a trustee of the Lumber Industries Self Insured Group Trust, Concord, N.H. Joan Randlett, P.J. Currier Lumber Co., Amherst, N.H., was re-elected as a trustee and the group's clerk.

Paul K. Smith has been named president of Hiifele America Co., Archdale, N.C. He succeeds John Hossli, who has retired after 12 years as president.

Bill Naumann, Northeast regional sales mgr., Versatex, Alquippa, Pa., was named the company's

2011 Salesman of the Year. Travis Risser, Babcock Lumber, Claysburg, Pa., and Scott Cady, Weekes Forest Products, Grand Rapids, Mi., were recognized as Versatex's Distributor Sales Reps of the Year. Roy O. Martin III, president, RoyOMartin, Alexandria, La., has been appointed to the state's board of regents by Gov. Bobby Jindal. Laurel Anne Hardy is now handling media relations at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax. Nv.. according to co-owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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Buyer Tweaks Home Center

After 103 years, the English family has sold their home center, English's, Altavista, Va.-to a buyer also coincidentally named English.

New majority owner Don English and partner Brent Ashwell will keep the English's name, but change the name of the corporation from English's Inc. to English's The Complete Home Center LLC.

In the spring, Don English will also relocate his Triple E Rental business to the property.

Hankins Takes Time Out

Hankins Lumber Co., Grenada, Ms., has ceased operations for up to six months, effective Jan. 6. until the lumber market improves.

"We've taken extreme hits with the market, and we need to do what needs to be done to keep this company viable for the long term," said office manager Jerry Pegg, who added that the shutdown would affect most of the company's 150 employees.

Founded in 1950 by Bewel and Burton Hankins, the company was incorporated as Hankins Lumber Co. Inc. in 1912. Burton's sons, Al and Lee, took over the operation of the company upon his 2001 death.

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