“Family owned businesses account for 60% of total US employment, 78% of all new jobs, more than 50% of GDP and 65% of all wages paid! Yet, less than one-third of family owned businesses survive to the second generation. That means that your family business will likely die with the founding family member. “

-- Financial Planning Magazine

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Now, Discover How You Can Design and Implement a Comprehensive Transition Plan That Meets the Needs of ALL 3 Areas of Your Family Business (the Family, Business Ownership and Management) From Start-Up to Succession

"Margit Is Still The First Person I Call ..."

I met Margit while attending grad school — and even so I was assigned to a different student counselor, she was the go-to-person I would consult with about the work/life issues I experienced, after the loss of a parent, and getting ill. Today, many years later, she is still the first person I call when I need help sorting things through to get a new direction in my life.

 

--Career Counseling Client
(Name Withheld By Request)

Dear Family Business Owner,

Is either your family or your business undergoing challenges due to dramatic change? Are you concerned about business succession? Is your family business experiencing operating or performance challenges?

Then you need a coach right now. But not just any coach.

You Must Be Careful When Choosing a Coach
for Your Family Business!

Most life coaches will only help you maintain work/life balance and harmony. They may help you reduce conflicts and improve family relationships so your business becomes more productive. But these life coaches don’t understand the business aspects that will help you increase profits at the same time.

Most business coaches do NOT understand the emotional aspect of a family-owned business. They don’t understand why the words “family business” strike terror in your soul and why you automatically think of loss, sacrifice and endless conflict.

These business coaches simply don’t understand that beyond dealing with the everyday issues of running a business, family owned businesses deal with challenges rarely discussed in business schools: succession planning, too many "consultants" or "chiefs," bringing children into the family business, challenges caused by intergenerational conflict, family dynamics, and distribution of assets because of a death or divorce. While every family business wants consistent growth, family challenges and obstacles often can interfere with that growth.

As you can tell, choosing the right coach for your family-owned business can be quite confusing if you don’t know what questions you should be asking. That’s why I strongly suggest you download my FREE SPECIAL REPORT: “10 Questions You Must Ask Before You Spend Your Hard Earned Dollars on a Family Business Coach!”

Family Business Challenges Can be Resolved with Help from Margit Willems –Business, Transition and Life Coach for Family Businesses

Hi, I’m Margit Willems, MIMS, MPA, and I’m uniquely qualified to work with you on any family business challenge, crisis and goal as your business twists, turns, changes and leaps. I have played key family business roles my entire life. I was born into one family business where I started helping around the store when I was 5 years old and became the past owner of a third-generation German manufacturing firm. And, I married into another family business.

So, I’ve experienced every phase of a family business from getting financing and paying the bills, to selling off holdings, to continuing the business following the loss of a powerful founder

This has helped me recognize and address the underlying, changing family issues that block execution of strategic plans and create a fast track through the rough areas to future family business success for hundreds of family business owners just like you. I do this by:

  • Helping you develop a comprehensive strategic transition plan with clear measurable goals and action plans

  • Coaching various family members individually and together to resolve conflicts and to appreciate change

  • Developing a clear path to succession planning with help from a consultant who is experienced with the numerous issues that may arise

  • Helping you set up a family governance that makes sense that will stand up against the test of time, no matter what twist, turn or change your business takes

  • Working with the next generation to prepare them for leadership and equipping them with the management and performance tools to ensure growth and sustainability of the family business

  • Showing you step-by-step how to create a profitable business that brings a comfortable lifestyle (and still give you the time to enjoy a life!)

  • Giving you the direction you need to keep your business in the family when you’re ready to retire or pursue new interests

  • Helping you maintain a work/life balance so your family relationship can magically appear once again. Your shouldn’t have to make an appointment to talk with your family!

  • Stopping you from spending hours negotiating peace treaties with your family so you can invest your time, energy and money in building your family business

I understand that you want to be profitable but at the same time you want to maintain a family relationship that is able to overcome any obstacle that life throws at you. You want the business to continue after you retire or even if you lose interest and want to move on. You want peace of mind while making sure your spouse and children enjoy a comfortable lifestyle and financial security. And, you can benefit from all this and more.

You can…

  • Enjoy going to work in your family business every day (even if you haven’t in years!)

  • Look forward to retirement knowing that your business is in good hands

  • Increase productivity so you enjoy more time for family

  • Set realistic business and family goals that help you move forward to your dream, even when obstacles get in your way

  • Survive every twist, turn and change that your family business will inevitably face during each and every single phase of your business -- from start-up to succession

  • Figure out how to resign from a business you no longer enjoy without cutting yourself off from the family

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Our work with family businesses results in action and change and gives you the confidence to question and challenge the status quo. You've worked long and hard at your business to get it where you are today. Don't let family business challenges prevent your business from future success. Prepare yourself now for all the changes and business transitions you will face now AND in the future. Request a FREE Family Business Consult today.

Whether you want to better manage employees, customers, receivables, payables, retention, management styles, marketing, family relationships or staff performance issues, we can help. Allow us to assist in your business success. Try a free introductory session today!

Make this the first step in helping you move your family business beyond the challenges and on the path forward to successful and sustained leadership.

Hire Margit Willems Today

If you are ready to discover what is preventing you or your business from fulfilling goals and moving beyond the status quo to new, undreamed-of heights then Margit Willems is the solution to move you through. Hundreds of family business owners around the globe agree that, with the family business, transition and life coaching services of Margit Willems, they have found results in areas such as:

  • improved client/customer/family relationships
  • better health and greater happiness
  • increased profitability
  • management restructuring
  • successful exit strategies
  • increased fun and personal satisfaction

If you are dealing with productivity challenges, family issues that are interfering with leadership, succession planning for the next generation, "consultants" or "chiefs" that need to have a better family governance structure, or your business is going through dramatic change that is straining family relationships then contact Margit Willems (link to Hire Margit Willems Page) to help you deal with the issues that may be holding your family business back.

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Make sure you check out our full smorgasbord of free articles at our blog that will help you navigate through every aspect of your family business. I’m even posting free videos on my blog that are filled with FREE tips, tools and resources that you need to know about now. Check out my articles and videos now by clicking here.

And, don’t forget to check out these additional resources:

"How to Increase Profits & Eliminate Conflict In Your Family Business - Starting Right Now..."

Do You Need a Family Business Coach?

How Family Business Coaching Can Help You

How to Keep Your Family and Your Money Together

5 Proven Ways to Rescue A Family Business Relationship

"Margit Helped Me Put Everything In Perspective ..."

After accepting a high profile job, clear across the country – removed from family and friends, Margit helped me through a difficult transition period both, on the job and in my personal life. I had enough of a challenge settling in, but what I did not expect were the difficulties I encountered on the new job. There were many evenings I returned home disappointed, exhausted and feeling sick.

 

When this happened, I knew I could call Margit who worked with me either that very evening or early in the morning to get things of my chest and to come up with ideas on how to approach the situation. Her sense of humor not only picked me up, but she also helped me to put things into perspective and left me feeling confident to tackle another day on the job.

 

--Federal Government Administrator
(Name Withheld By Request)

Here’s to your family business success,

Margit Willems
Family Business Success Coach
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