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Strategic Partner

Spotlight on Our Strategic Partner: Lenox Advisors

Guiding family businesses through transition requires wisdom, strategy, and trusted advisors who understand both the financial and relational challenges involved.   That’s why we’re proud to partner with Abbe F. Large, CLU®, CLTC, Managing Director at Lenox Advisors, a trusted professional...
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Uncomfortable Truths

11 Uncomfortable Truths Every Family Business Must Face and How to Overcome Them

Family businesses carry an incredible legacy, built on shared values, relationships, and generations of hard work. Yet, they also face unique challenges that, if unaddressed, can threaten the business and the family.   That’s why I’m excited to share a new eBook from The Goldhill Group: The...
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Getting Out of Your Own Way: How Business Owners and Family Leaders Get Stuck and How to Move Forward

“There are known knowns… there are known unknowns… but there are also unknown unknowns.” – Donald Rumsfeld   After more than 24 years of coaching business owners, particularly those in family-run companies, I’ve identified a common obstacle that transcends industries, generations, a...
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Team Meeting

Stop Inheriting Chaos—Start Leading with Clarity

The Hidden Cost of Playing It Safe in a Family-Owned Company I should have been the fourth generation. But the business died before I got the chance.   That loss didn’t just alter the course of my career—it gave me a mission: help next-gen leaders avoid the silent breakdowns that destroy fa...
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ChatGPT

ChatGPT Answers…Why Hire Jonathan Goldhill?

“ChatGPT is scary good. We are not far from dangerously strong AI.”   – Elon Musk   There are approximately 84,232 business coaching companies in the USA (IBISWorld). A subset of business coaches specialize in addressing the unique challenges family enterprises face. But how ...
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Speaker at a political meeting

The Age of Disruption: Transformative Forces in Family Business, Politics, and Entertainment

In today’s rapidly evolving world, disruption reshapes industries, institutions, and traditions that once seemed unshakable.   Family businesses, politics, and entertainment are three sectors that are seeing enormous disruption with new players, innovative technologies, and shifting societal ...
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Why Personal Growth is the Key to Business Success in Family Enterprises

As I look back on the occasions when I was hired to coach the child of the founder in a family business, one theme has been consistent: Owners want me to ‘fix’ their child, and if I can do that, the business will get better.   It’s an instinct—focus on the person who seems to […]...
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