FAMILY AND OWNER MANAGED BUSINESSES
Where the business and the family meet,
GLAS brings clarity.
For family businesses, owner-managed enterprises, family offices and family-like partnerships navigating the complexity of people, legacy and growth.
DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
It's rarely the business plan. It's the human system underneath it.
Decisions that don’t quite land.
Conversations that circle.
Roles that blur.
Tensions that sit underneath everything.
History that shapes today in ways nobody has named.
01
Discovery Session
We start with a conversation about where the family and the business are, what's working, what isn't, and whether GLAS is the right fit.
Three steps. One clear foundation
02
GLAS Passports
Each family member and leader discovers their own GLAS words: who they are, what drives them and how they show up. A shared language for the conversations that matter.
This can extend to the business too.
03
The GLAS Blueprint
The foundation document for the family and the business: values, governance, leadership intent and purpose, so everyone is clear on what is being built and passed on.
“Your guidance gave us the clarity and alignment to focus our efforts on the right goal at the right time… shortening the process by years and protecting the true value of what we'd built.”
2ND GENERATION · FAMILY BUSINESS, EAST MIDLANDS · DIRECTOR & SHAREHOLDER
THE BOOK · PUBLISHED 28 OCTOBER 2026
Only in a family business…
60 true stories spanning four generations and 106 years of family business, revealing what happens when family and business collide.