Our Team
CRAIG HOWSE
FOUNDER
Craig is an attorney, business owner, and board member with over 30 years of experience working with and advising family-owned and closely-held businesses and their owners. From this vantage point, he recognized the challenges of successfully transitioning the business from one generation of leadership and ownership to the next, while preserving and strengthening the family and the business. Using his strategic nature, he developed solutions and tools to help business families see what makes the business successful, owners identify the next generation of leadership, and family members discover their roles. Craig continues to tailor these solutions for closely-held and family businesses, helping the leading generation navigate the succession process for the well-being of the business and all involved.
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“We want to help business families experience all the good of family and business while preserving and strengthening both through successful generational transitions.”
Our Values
STRATEGY
We consider the parts and the whole. We think long-term. We tailor effective, personal solutions.
VALUING OTHERS
We respect, listen to, and care for people. We seek holistic solutions. We build each other up and are honest, engaging, and positive in what we say. We are flexible, seeking to meet the needs of others
TRUST
We build trust through vulnerability and honesty. We do what we say. We follow through and are dependable.
OWNERSHIP
We treat the needs of others as if they were our own. We enter into their problems.
EXCELLENCE
We have a professional demeanor and appearance. We do quality work that is efficient
and thorough.
We have high standards. We are eager to learn and improve
CONNECTION
We establish and invest in meaningful relationships with clients and coworkers.
We maintain a healthy balance between people and tasks. We work as a team.
What We Believe
We believe history is clear. All great institutions are built on beliefs, whether families, governments, businesses, or churches. America is built on the Constitution. Families are built on a common heritage and values. Businesses are built on a shared vision and values. Churches are built on a shared confession. Commonly held beliefs are the bedrock of enduring communities of people. It is true of your family and your business, and it true of Conext.
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What you believe defines you, binds you, guides you and directs you. That is why beliefs are so important. Your beliefs describe what you hold as important, defining you. Commonly held beliefs link you with others, and the greater and deeper the beliefs the greater the ties. Your decisions are the outworking of your beliefs, guiding you through the many options before you. Ultimately, you, like all people, pursue what you believe is most desirable, so beliefs set your direction for the future.
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We believe it is best to clearly express our beliefs because the best relationships are built on deeply held, shared beliefs. So here is what we, at Conext, believe, in order of importance: