Real Help for Real Problems:   Serving Stillwater, Woodbury, White Bear Lake, Hudson, WI, and surrounding areas

Consulting for Small Business: Consulting Plus!

Small Business Consulting Families in small businesses face many challenges.

I consult with family businesses to help them utilize solid principles that can work to ease stress, create a greater sense of mission, establish clear expectations of each other, change negative family patterns, and create boundaries so that family nights out do not turn into unscheduled business meetings.

I provide:

  • direct feedback based on sound principles.
  • professional expertise in organizational learning.
  • experience helping people communicate and solve conflict.
  • processes focused on strengths and solutions.
  • real-world systems thinking and application.

Issues can be more complex than families realize and affect not only those working together but also children, spouses, parents, extended family and company employees.

I specialize in helping couples:

  • reduce reactivity and chronic anxiety which block communication.
  • understand core principles that can guide their approaches.
  • identify patterns families may or may not be aware of.
  • define roles so the same battles don’t have to be fought again and again.
  • stay focused on the issues.
  • organize around strengths instead of being transfixed only by the problems.
  • Revive the ‘couple’ part of marriage instead of being only business partners.

I also provide consultation to small family businesses and leadership teams to help them work together and communicate more effectively.

“We are successful realtors but there are no boundaries. We work at home which is good but that has had a tremendous impact on our family. Work can come up at any time and the sad thing is our kids are getting used to it.” - Stillwater, MN couple

Why am I qualified to work with your company?

  • I am one of few consultants trained in Marriage and Family relationships.
  • I am certified in Organizational Development.
  • I have a working knowledge of systems and how they operate.
  • I have training and expertise in communication and conflict-resolution.
  • I can help you identify core assumptions that drive your practices.
  • I am skilled in surfacing how you actively sabotage and limit your growth.

I also offer Couples At Work and Families at Work, two tools designed to quickly identify core strengths and challenges within your company.

“Get the facts at any price, and hold on tightly to all the good sense you can get.” -Proverbs 23:23 ( Quoted by Rick Warren )