Glenn Ayres
Glenn Ayres has been consulting to families, executive teams and businesses on matters of family business succession, change management, and governance for more than 20 years. He brings extensive experience in business management, family systems, strategic planning, communication, and the art of small and large group facilitation.
Glenn’s practice ranges from succession and strategic planning for family and closely held businesses, to working with successors on leadership development, senior generation couples on life/career transitions, and work with both profit and non-profit organizations on implementing major change initiatives.
Glenn is a founding member of the University of St. Thomas, Center for Family Enterprise where he served for several years as a professional-in-residence and as a member of the Center’s advisory board. He currently serves as an adjunct faculty member in the business school at St. Thomas where he teaches family business management to undergraduate seniors and MBA’s.
Glenn is also a founder of the Family Business Alliance and is currently serving as a board member and the President of the Family Firm Institute (www.ffi.org). He is a Fellow of the Institute and a former member of its Body of Knowledge Committee.
He is a frequent speaker and lecturer on family business, governance, the wisdom of multi-disciplinary teams, and the professional’s role in dealing with grief. Glenn is currently a doctoral candidate in Organization Development, working on his dissertation.
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