Family Business Coaching
Strengthen Your Family Legacy, Improve Performance, and Unite Generations For Lasting Success
Not Sure About Hiring A Family Business Coach?
We understand! When you're running a family business, bringing in an outsider is a big decision. However, most family business owners quickly discover that it's a relief to have someone who understands both business growth and family dynamics.
Our clients often tell us how valuable it is to have a trusted advisor who can help them navigate complex family relationships while growing their business. As your coach, we'll help you build on your family's strengths while addressing challenges that might be holding you back.
The Authority In Family Business Coaching and Generational Leadership Development
There are few things in life that are more rewarding and challenging than being in business with the people whom you love and care about the most, your family. A family-owned business is unique in many ways. Every decision, problem, and disagreement can become very personal and difficult to navigate.
Glenn Smith understands the family challenge! Having grown up in a family business, Glenn knows what it’s like from the inside out. After working in his father’s business Glenn spent more than 10 years serving families through faith-based organizations. For the past 25+ years He has been coaching families who own and work together in their family business.
Some of the unique challenges that family business owners face include:
Establishing clear roles and accountabilities
Making hard decisions together as a family
Creating vision alignment within the family leadership
Defining the best structure for your family business governance
Developing leaders in your business and in your family
Succession planning and communication
By implementing a family business development strategy, Glenn’s clients have been able to scale up their businesses across generations. He can help your company increase capacity and grow through effective leadership development and succession planning.
Family Business Development and Leadership Coaching Services will help you and your family members grow professionally while preserving family harmony. As a result, you will increase business value and successfully transition leadership across generations.
What Our Family Business Clients Are Saying
Glenn is an inspiring and motivating mentor. Regardless of your age, career, or personality, he enables the growth of self-awareness and strategic thinking. Glenn is patient, respectful, forward-looking, and optimistic with this coaching style. His expertise in a broad variety of topics allows him to match his coaching style to nearly anyone.
Jorge Lara
We have tripled in our business, so our numbers are through the roof right now. I am no longer a technician in the business, I don't work in the business, I completely just work on the business.
Sterling Carter
Co-Owner, Cartera Health
We've seen some really good results. We've grown upwards of 70%. I really believe that a lot of the things I've learned in the coaching program have helped us achieve those results.
Jason Rorie
Founder & Former Owner, Elevated Technologies
In one year of Glenn's coaching, I was up 50% growth. I don't know how I could be where I am today had I not been in the coaching. That's why I stayed.
Rand Wall
Founder & Former Owner, Wall 2 Wall Insurance Services
I have worked with Glenn Smith for over 10 years, and his impact on my professional growth has been exceptional. His patience, deep expertise in leadership and executive training, and outstanding problem-solving skills have helped me navigate complex challenges with confidence. Glenn’s calm, strategic approach and ability to provide clear, actionable solutions make him an invaluable coach. I highly recommend him to anyone seeking to elevate their leadership skills or overcome organizational challenges.
Christina Hawkins
"Glenn, Thank you so much for all you taught us yesterday. After talking with the team today, we are all in agreement it was one of the best PD management trainings we’ve been through.
I was nervous, because sometimes these management trainings can be a little cheesy, but you really did provide us with quality information that we will be using! I will definitely be recommending you to my HR friends."
Emily Catalano
Emily Catalano, PHR, Director of Human Resources, Southernisc
Working with Glenn S. has been transformative and deeply rewarding! His unwavering integrity, values-based leadership, and profound understanding of family business dynamics perfectly align with the principles that define our company.
What truly sets Glenn apart is his ability to navigate complex challenges and sensitive issues with clarity, honesty, and respect. He fosters open communication, collaboration, and solutions that not only strengthen operations but also reinforce the values at the core of our business and our commitment to the people we serve.
For any family-owned business seeking real growth, values alignment, and lasting impact, Glenn S.
is an exceptional partner
Barbara Nelson
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Montessori House for Children & Elementary School
Our Proven Family Business Coaching Process
After more than 25 years of executive coaching with high-capacity leaders, we have refined a coaching framework that strengthens both family bonds and business success.
Our clients experience significant growth both personally and professionally. As a result, they develop strong family leadership teams that preserve values while driving growth.
The Process
Asking the Right Questions
In our approach, everything begins with understanding family dynamics. It's not just about asking any questions, but the right ones that address both family and business challenges. Our expertise lies in facilitating crucial conversations that bridge generational gaps while moving the business forward. With our assistance, you won't just preserve the present; you'll build a lasting legacy. During family strategy sessions, we blend your unique family values with our reservoir of best practices and proven tools. This synergy ensures your family business benefits from both time-honored traditions and innovative strategies that deliver results. With us by your side, you're not just getting a coach; you're gaining a trusted advisor committed to your family's success across generations.
Reflection, Insight, and Focus
These first two steps in the coaching process are what open up the family's mindset to new possibilities while honoring tradition. This internal change process is foundational to increasing multi-generational leadership capacity.
As Jim Rohn once said, "For things to change, you must change. Otherwise, nothing much will change." With new insight and focus, our family business clients are then ready to refine their goals and create effective action plans that align family and business objectives.
Accountability
Accountability is a cornerstone in Family Business Coaching. After crafting a shared family vision, our role pivots to ensuring commitment across generations. While ambition and planning are foundational, consistent execution often hinges on the discipline that clear family governance provides. Through our specialized Family Business Coaching approach, we help establish structures that keep both family and non-family members focused on shared objectives. By fostering next-generation leadership development, we empower your family with the tools and mindset to execute plans effectively while maintaining family harmony. The result is a transformative journey where our family business clients don't just preserve their legacy but enhance it, achieving goals that strengthen both family bonds and business success. With our guidance in multi-generational leadership development, you'll not only achieve business growth but create a lasting family enterprise.
