The Secret Menu

Every family business has that person who causes trouble. They don’t follow the rules, they don’t fit in, they embarrass the family, and cause trouble in the business.

This problem is emotionally and financially expensive and, if not addressed, can cause issues for generations. A generational problem is exponentially more expensive than one that is addressed now.

The Family Business Reform School is for family businesses that see the huge cost they are paying by not addressing this issue.

This six week, residential program is built to make a huge change in the entire family - simply by addressing the needs of the most challenging family member.

The program addresses the following things:

- nervous system regulation

- healthy boundaries

- healthy communication

- real-life business decisions

Participants get away from their day-to-day interactions with other family members and the business in this residential experience.

Personal skills and business skills are taught in an environment that has real-life, high-stakes consequences.

This is not treatment, this is real work, with real outcomes, requiring real team-work, visionary thinking and decision making.

An entity will be created during this experience with defined outcomes and processes.

Your family member will stop living off of the family wealth, and will be making their own decisions about how to invest money, become a member of a team and make a true impact on their own lives, the life of the family and the world.

This is a high stakes issues for family businesses that hasn’t been solved by therapy, governance, consulting or other methods.

The Family Business Reform School is here to address this issue now, so it doesn’t need to be addressed over and over again for generations.

The fine print:

- participation is limited

- by application only

- housing and food are not provided - part of Family Business Reform School is having the family member identify and pay for their own housing

- These are your most challenging family members so there is no guarantee of reform — we can guarantee a few things though

- All participants will make their own independent living decisions

- All participants will manage a budget and make final decisions on its use — this will cause change for them and the family

After the founder and original visionary retires many family businesses struggle to find innovative strategies that keep the business moving forward. There isn’t a visionary born in very generation and visionaries are notoriously hard to hire (they tend to want to create their own things). As a fractional visionary, I help your owners thing big, see new opportunities and push the business to the next level of thinking, strategy, fun, and possibility.

Every business has a secret leadership team. This is the small group of people who regulate the nervous system (or to be less science-y — the energy) of your business. They probably don’t make all of the big decisions but they do define what it feels like to work in your business. I help companies implement a nervous system regulating rhythm that becomes a benefit to everyone in the business.