Maximizing effectiveness in family businesses...while avoiding traps

 Through comprehensive discovery, action planning, and coaching, 1-on-1 advising assists in moving individuals forward towards creating and meeting both short- and long-term professional and personal goals. Tools that measure work-related personality traits, career interests, motivators, and social and emotional style are utilized to determine "best fit" job roles, paths, and organizational climates. 

Easy-to-use assessments that help  members better understand how they  are each "wired" can  enhance cohesion and collaboration while helping to manage (or avoid) conflict in the workplace.. Objective assessments provide new ways for thinking about who family members are, and what makes each family business unique. These tools are completed individually prior to a group workshop and debrief. Participants receive their own in-depth profile as well as a group personality wheel.

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"Hi Dr. Klein,   I started a new job in tech today! There is still work ahead to determine where I want to grow and specialize at this company and in my career, but I'm on the right track now.  The work with you ultimately allowed me to give myself permission to want something else in life. I really felt crazy as I considered leaving the family business again, but after our work I felt seen and not alone.  So thank you for being a part of my journey! I appreciate all you do. " January, 2022

"Maybe the more important piece is in subjecting yourself to difficulty and watching yourself become stronger and more capable while in pursuit of something you consider worthwhile." November, 2021

"Emotionally, I'm in a better place than I can remember being in the last 5 or so years. It almost feels strange waking up every morning without feeling the dread I used to feel every single day while I was working in (my family's business). It's not an exaggeration. I felt that way. Every. Single. Day. And, since I started this new position, I haven't had a feeling remotely close to that. It feels remarkable. I'm not saying that I've found my 'life's calling' but I'm significantly less melancholic than I was before. I say all this to remind you that your work matters and it makes a difference in people’s lives. It has in mine. " September,  2021 

"As someone who has navigated an exit from a family business, I can say this book offers a wonderful overview of the symptoms, causes, and fixes for an issue that surprisingly gets little coverage in the business world. It certainly helped me diagnose the problems I was experiencing and steered me toward an effective way of working through them."

September, 2020