The Disruptive Successor with Jonathan Goldhill

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For this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with the Founder of the GoldHill Group, Jonathan Goldhill. Jonathan is an adviser, coach, consultant, trainer, facilitator and business therapist with 30 years of experience in his craft. He has been guiding closely-held and family owned businesses since 1987. He has owned/managed several businesses that grew into multimillion-dollar companies, including VEDC in Los Angeles, which grew from a fledgling org. Into the largest business economic development firm in the region.

Let’s dive right in to Jonathan’ story and learn what it takes to be a Disruptive Successor

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 – 05:28] Opening Segment

• I Introduce my guest, Jonathan Goldhill, to the show
• Jonathan talks about his background and what he’s currently working on

[05:29 - 11:10] The Disruptive Successor

• Jonathan’s view on the Disruptive leaders and successors
• The Dynamics of a Family business

[11:11 - 20:40] Becoming a coach and consultant in the Family-owned business sector

• Jonathan talks about his experience of being in a family business
• Going back to business school to focus his study on Entrepreneurship
• University of Southern California
• His years as a coach, consultant, trainer and financer for Entrepreneurs
• He focused on Family businesses

[20:41 - 27:52] Being a Disruptive Successor

• The key things to successfully transition and take over for a senior
• Agreement about roles and responsibilities
• Remove the family dynamic
• Evaluate the successor
• Jonathan talks about being a leader and successor
• Overcoming Ego and the Family Dynamic

[27:53 - 34:15] The FOCUS FIVE Segment

• What book have you gifted most often?
• Becoming a Strategic Business Owner by Daniel M. Murphy
• If you can get an hour of somebody's time and ask questions, who would that be and why?
• Jack Welch
• What is one thing you believe that most people would disagree with you:
• Most Successors would be Disruptors
• Morning routine; How do you start your day?
• Walking the dog
• Yoga and Meditation
• Exercise
• What is the best place we can connect with you online?
• See below for Social links
• Final words from Charlie and me

Tweetable Quotes:

“To be a real disruptive successor, he or she will have to make some pretty big changes. They need to understand what’s gonna be entailed in these types of changes. And having a playbook that lays-out how the road map’s going to be put together, is going to make it a lot easier.” - Jonathan Goldhill

“When choosing a successor, I want someone humble, I want someone who’s hungry, and I want someone who’s smart. I want them to be a constant learner, because they’re going to be leaders, and leaders are learners.” Jonathan Goldhill

“A person in the wrong seat, is gonna be miserable, uncomfortable and will not deliver the kind of returns for the shareholders, and you're not going to make anyone happy.” - Jonathan Goldhill

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Disruptive Successor by Jonathan Goldhill

You can connect with Jonathan by following him on LinkedIn or visit their website https://www.thegoldhillgroup.com/ . Grab a free chapter of his book at https://www.disruptivesuccessor.com/

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