How local family businesses can take full advantage of the talents of everyone in the family – regardless of gender or age.

Four women spoke with passion, intelligence and plenty of humor Thursday to a lunchtime audience about the challenges and successes they encounter as leaders in their family businesses.

Nicole Fong, recently graduated from college, attended Thursday’s Family Business Forum with her parents to get an idea of what succession within her family’s real estate business might look like 10 years from now.

There is an impending disaster on the horizon for Hawaiʻi, and it’s not concerning a King Tide or hurricane season.