Strengthening family enterprises...

Mission

My mission is to serve as a resource for family enterprises.

The goal is for families to maximize the success of their family enterprises and to develop harmonious, healthy, constructive family relationships.

As counselor, coach, advisor, facilitator, and educator, I assist families in resolving such complex issues as leadership development, the family side of succession, transfer of knowledge and wisdom, communication, illness or death of a family member, and a host of other family and leadership issues. Caring for your family so they can excel in both family and business is my goal.

Strengthening your family, and you is my business. Your success and your families success is my success.

Family Enterprises

Family-owned companies account for more than two-thirds of all businesses in the world. A unique business formation, family businesses are a complex reality. Let me assist your family-owned business in becoming more successful by:

• Planning, preparing for and celebrating key leadership transitions
• Helping coordinate the family side of management and ownership succession with the business side
• Successfully transfer values, commitment, loyalties, knowledge and wisdom between generations
• Managing the stresses on family members and family relationships of business change
• Resolving conflict between generations and helping restore strained and disrupted relationships and family collaboration
• Improving multi-generational family communication and performance

Family Relationships

The dynamics of a family that works together in a profit-making enterprise are complicated. To succeed in the family side of family-owned businesses, families need excellent communication skills and a broad array of additional interpersonal tools. Let me assist you with:

• Understanding family dynamics, differing life stages and intergenerational relationships
• Coping with dual roles of multi-generational family and business relationships
• Clarifying expectations and values between generations
• Dealing with illness and crisis in any generation and its impact on family and business
• Maintaining trust and fairness among family members
• Strengthening sibling relationships
• Designing family retreats meetings
• Dealing with strong feelings and overcoming family conflict
• Helping develop values, mission and accountability among heirs in families of wealth
• Handling success and failure among children of affluence
• Promoting family renewal and reconciliation within and between generations

Leadership Development

Identifying and developing today and tomorrow's leaders is a key component of on-going success for businesses and for families. Leading a family, and leading a family-owned business, has become increasingly complicated. I will assist you in the following areas:

• Developing personal effectiveness
• Strengthening family leadership skills
• Establishing stability across generations
• Developing and grooming capable heirs
• Preparing and delivering powerful presentations and speeches
• Improving communication skills and effectiveness
• Constructively dealing with conflict
• Gracefully receiving awards and acknowledgments
• Improving cross-generational communication

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