David Karofsky is a principal consultant with The Family Business Consulting Group, specializing in advising family businesses around the challenges and opportunities inherent to the family business.  Prior to working with The Family Business Consulting Group, David worked in his own family business consulting practice with his father for eight years. The father-son team are the authors of So You’re in the Family Business: A Guide to Sustainability. In addition, David was vice...

Richard Wolkowitz is Founder of Xylogenesis | Family Office Advisory and serves as a family advisor with 25+ years of first-hand, inner working experience of multiple family offices (of all types). Rich’s background is in law, business, independent board of director service, management, operations, financial services, and professional service firm leadership with a focus on serving multigenerational families and their full business and life continuum of needs. Rich began his legal career in...

West Herford, President and CEO of On Ideas began his advertising career with DDB Paris, and later spent time in leadership roles at Grey, DDB London and Arnold. He introduced Budweiser and Westin Hotels & Resorts across Europe and led global branding for Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey including its launch into China. His brand experience also includes working with globally recognized brands including ExxonMobil, E&J Gallo, IBM, Nickelodeon, Johnson & Johnson and Piggly Wiggly. ...

Jonathan Goldhill is a masterful business coach and personal strategist specializing in guiding next-generation leaders of family businesses to scale up their business as they take control over the leadership and ownership of the family business. Jonathan left New York for California at age 20 after hisfamily’s large, privately-held men’s apparel manufacturing company- started by his great-grandfather—sold to a conglomerate in its third generation of family ownership. Within ten years,...

In this episode, Chris talks to Eric Goodwin, who believes in attracting the best possible talent to his family business. He attributes his success to his focus on core values, putting people over profit, and being an amazing father. Eric's company was recently ranked #1 by Glassdoor, a testament to the importance of attracting great people to build a sustainable and vital business.    Timestamps [00:00:00] Laws of Attraction in Business. [00:07:36] Entrepreneur's motivation and...

Thanks to 14+ years as a mental health therapist and time in 50+ countries, Brie knows how to design seamless itineraries for her clients from start to finish. Brie believes in matchmaking her clients to destinations, properties, and cultures that meet each client's needs and spends more time abroad than at home to keep up with the latest trends. While Brie specializes in many spots like Africa, Italy, France, island destinations, and more, she ultimately specializes in using her background...

Shane Carter is the CEO of Hampshire Capital. He has been an active real estate investor for over 25 years. He has acquired, renovated, and managed more than $305M in multi-family and commercial assets, and built over $110M in real estate through his construction and development firm. Shane holds a BSc in Forestry and Wildlife Biology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.     What You’ll Learn ●      What drives employee performance? ●      How to start driving personal...

Doug Gray, Ph.D., PCC, is a consultant with the Family Business Consulting Group, www.theFBCG.com, co-founder of www.AssessNextGen.com, and founder of www.Action-Learning.com, who wishes he still lived in New Hampshire near Chris Yonker. He is the author of Objectives + Key Results (OKR) Leadership.   What You’ll Learn ●              What is organizational readiness? ●              How to work on shaping preferable behaviors. ●              The difference between succession and...

Nancy Phillips is founder and principal of Nancy Phillips Associates, Inc. With over 30 years’ experience appraising and marketing auto dealerships, Nancy is uniquely qualified to confidentially advise dealership principals on identifying their present and future goals and the best options for achieving them. Nancy’s career includes a wealth of integrated automotive industry experience, including roles as General Manager for a large New York dealership and owner/operator of a New...

Jane Eigner Mintz, MA, LPC, is the CEO and Chief Clinical Strategist of her international consultancy firm, Realife Intervention Solutions, LLC, offering strategic direction for addiction, mental health, and life concerns. A veteran treatment provider and thought leader in the addiction and behavioral health industries, Jane authored The Field Model of Intervention, the first-ever clinical model of intervention now in use by practitioners and organizations across the United States and the...

Jennifer Strom, MBA, MA, is a consultant with The Family Business Consulting Group (FBCG), specializing in helping multi-generational enterprising families navigate complex family dynamics. An accomplished entrepreneur with a retail, design, and wholesale background, she merges her business strategy experience with her formal training and private practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist. She understands and comfortably navigates the impact of wealth and business ownership on personal...

Dr. Jaffe, a San Francisco-based advisor to families about family business, governance, wealth, and philanthropy, is Senior Research Fellow at BanyanGlobal Family Business Advisors. He is author of Borrowed from Your Grandchildren: The Evolution of 100-Year Family Enterprises; Finding Her Voice and Leaving a Legacy; Cross Cultures: How Global Families Negotiate Change Across Generations; Stewardship in your Family Enterprise: Developing Responsible Family Leadership Across Generations and...

Donald Thompson is CEO and co-founder of The Diversity Movement and the author of Underestimated: A CEO's Unlikely Path to Success. He is an entrepreneur, public speaker, author, podcaster, Certified Diversity Executive (CDE), and executive coach. He serves as a board member for Easterseals UCP, Vidant Medical Center, Raleigh Chamber, TowneBank Raleigh, and several other organizations in the fields of technology, marketing, sports, and entertainment.   What You’ll Learn   A breakdown of...

ROCKiT Architects founding Principal Brian DiPietro brings over seventeen years of multifamily experience to any project he’s involved in from his tenure at WTW Architects where he was an associate for seven years and principal for two years. He was an integral part of many of their residential multifamily projects and student housing numbering over 15,000 designed and built, with 30,000 master planned. He began leading the design and management of a $54M student housing project within months...

Sarah Brassard, author of Inside: A Guide to the Resources Within, is a 30+ year spiritual teacher, trauma worker, and life coach. She runs an online community, a mastermind group, and group coaching to help women heal and grow through hardships. She also hosts the annual Trauma Recovery Summit.     What You’ll Learn:   How to recognize our own trauma and why it matters Unpacking generational trauma and how it affects us in adulthood Questions to ask yourself to ensure you are not...

Vikas Shah MBE is an entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. He is also a published author. His 2021 book Thought Economics released features his interviews with the people shaping our century. Including conversations with Nobel prize winners, business leaders, politicians, artists and Olympians, he has been in the privileged position of questioning the minds that matter on the big issues that concern us all.   He is CEO of Swiscot Group alongside being a venture-investor in a number of...

What You’ll Learn:   What does it really mean to eat “healthy” and how to maintain our relationship with food Why a “balanced diet” looks different for everyone and should be built individually Strategies to make changes in our health that actually stick The power of tracking your water intake and what type of water is most impactful to health Is organic food really important? How much of our food has become depleted in nutrients and why that matters How to sort through the sea of...

To use business as a force for good, Derek Lundsten leads LifeGuides, as a transformative platform for conscious leaders and values-driven cultures.  In addition to successfully building companies over the past decade, Derek has been a frequent speaker at key industry events around the globe on innovation. He is an invited contributor for the trades and a sought-after guest for renowned national podcasts, focused on business, technology, entrepreneurship, multi-generational learning,...

What You’ll Learn:   Why and how our brain operates against is for a large portion of our lives What happens to your brain when it’s in survival state and what to do about it The three phases if going from autopilot into executive state How to identity when you are in reactive behavior Some examples of fight, flight and freeze responses that are often missed A really simple trick to help you emotionally regulate and get out of survival state The science behind breathwork Why our emotions...

What You’ll Learn: How our childhood experiences become the undercurrent of our relationship with wealth How to talk to your kids about money in a way that eliminates fear How to find passion and motivation in children in a family business Why Kjartin recommends low-income, high-impact jobs for children of wealth Holding a family conversation about individual and shared purpose How to build support from the family system How to help children who appear to be unmotivated or disinterested The...

Many companies today have studied Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, but few that I have come across have implemented it in a permanent, sustainable way. I am excited to present Matt Wool, CEO of Acceleration Partners as his company is one of the few who have. In 2012, he was the 4th employee of the company who now has well over 300 employees. During his time there, he has been a large driver of their success including numerous placements on the Inc 500 and awards for Best...

Many years ago, I was stuck. A friend of mine introduced me to David Neagle and I immediately knew he was different. He understood mindset, psychology and spiritually at a deeper level than anyone I had met. I worked with him for several months and it was an extremely profound experience. With all the uncertainty right now-- at home, the economy, supply chain and unrest overseas--  paying attention to our mindset and level of consciousness is one of the most important things we can do. In...

In this episode we talk to Rob Rawson, the CEO of Time Doctor-- an 8 figure SaaS business with over 130 full-time team members. Their team is spread out across 31 countries, all working remotely! Rob is also the co-founder of the world’s largest conference about Remote work - Running Remote. Additionally, he co-authored "Running Remote", a book about remote and asynchronous work. In this revolutionary book, Rob and his co-founder Liam Martin, have unearthed the secrets and lessons discovered...

If you’re listening to this podcast, you probably already see at least some value in podcasting. But have you ever been curious about how your business can leverage podcasting? I have been approached several times by various “done-for-you” podcasting services, but when Doug Sandler of Turnkey Podcasting reached out to me, I thought he had more than the average to offer.    We talk not only about how organizations can monetize their own podcast authentically and organically, but also about...

Is there a conversation you’re putting off? In your business, with an under-performing employee, in your personal life, or with a family member? You may have tried to get to it but end up dancing around the real issue. You may be replaying the movie over and over of a past conversation that didn't work out how you wanted it to be different. We talk about all this today with Steven Gaffney, an expert in change management and communication in high performing teams. He has worked with teams in...