Jonathan Goldhill

Jonathan Goldhill

President / Head Coach @ The Goldhill Group

About

Family businesses rarely struggle because of strategy. They struggle when leadership, family dynamics, and execution fall out of alignment. My interest in family businesses is personal. My great-grandfather founded a men’s apparel company in 1897 that eventually grew into what the company proudly proclaimed was the largest volume producer of men’s apparel in the United States, led by his three sons. The company ultimately closed in 1986. I never experienced the kind of mentorship that prepares the next generation for leadership in a family enterprise. That realization shaped my passion for helping family businesses navigate leadership transitions and generational succession. Today, I work with next-generation leaders and family-owned businesses navigating growth, leadership transitions, and succession. In family enterprises, challenges rarely stem from strategy alone. More often, leadership expectations, family relationships, and operating systems fall out of alignment. My work helps families bring those elements together so the business can grow while preserving family relationships and long-term legacy. Most next-generation leaders feel unprepared to step into leadership roles. Expectations are heavy, relationships complex, and the path forward unclear—especially when following a powerful founder or parent. I coach G2 and G3 successors to become trusted, confident leaders ready to guide the business through its next chapter. Through my Next Gen Navigator program, I offer private coaching to rising leaders who want to: • Build credibility with parents, employees, and stakeholders • Clarify their leadership vision and decision-making voice • Strengthen family alignment and communication • Bring focus and structure to business execution My clients typically work in mid-sized family companies ($5M–$50M+ in revenue) across industries such as construction, specialty trades, manufacturing, professional services, and IT. I bring 25+ years of coaching experience, a family business background, and deep familiarity with the EOS and Scaling Up frameworks. 📩 DM me or visit thegoldhillgroup.com P.S. Host of the Disruptive Successor Show podcast and author of Disruptive Successor: A Guide to Driving Growth in Your Family Business.

Country

United States

City

New York City Metropolitan Area

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Skill

Strategic Thinking, Organization Skills, Executive Management, Teamwork, Life Coaching, Small Business Management, Business Management, Family Business, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Executive Development, Online Platforms, Organizational Behavior, Facilitation, Emotional Intelligence, Conflict Resolution, Business Coaching, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Strategy

Experience

The Goldhill Group

President / Head Coach

The Goldhill Group

LinkedIn
2000-5 - Present · 26 yrs 5 mos

Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY and Southampton, NY

For more than 30 years, I have advised and coached owners and leaders of small and mid-sized businesses—many of them family-owned—to achieve greater financial success and personal freedom. I work primarily with companies generating $2M–$20M in revenue with 10–150 employees, helping leadership teams clarify priorities, strengthen accountability, and build the operating discipline needed to scale their businesses. My clients come from a wide range of industries, including construction, landscaping, specialty manufacturing, business services, technology, and software. Many are seeking to 2–10x the value of their companies while building stronger leadership teams and more resilient organizations. My work combines leadership coaching, strategic facilitation, and practical operating frameworks to help companies: • put the right people in the right roles • implement effective systems and processes • establish clear priorities and measurable metrics • build cultures of accountability and performance I also specialize in family business succession, helping next-generation leaders successfully step into leadership while preserving family relationships and growing the enterprise. I have been certified in Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits), Duct Tape Marketing, Value Builder, and The Growth Coach, and have extensive experience implementing EOS operating principles. I host the podcast The Disruptive Successor Show and authored the book Disruptive Successor: A Guide to Driving Growth in Your Family Business, based on my 7 Ps framework for building stronger family enterprises. My mission is to help family businesses thrive across generations and create lasting legacies.

Humankind LA

Board Member

Humankind LA

LinkedIn
2026-3 - Present · 7 mos

Los Angeles, California, United States

Humankind LA is a street-based advocacy organization serving the unhoused community in Westlake, Los Angeles. We work to ease the crippling isolation experienced by people facing homelessness so they can pursue their goals. By showing up as a consistent presence, we help create the physical, emotional, and technological connections individuals need to find relief and move forward.

The Exit Planning Institute: Los Angeles Chapter

Member

The Exit Planning Institute: Los Angeles Chapter

LinkedIn
2026-2 - Present · 8 mos

Los Angeles, California, United States

The purpose of the EPI Greater Los Angeles Chapter is to create a forum where the local community of professional advisors can collaborate to address unique needs of the local community; develop educational programs for business owners and professional advisors to build awareness and better prepare an owner for the successful exit of their business; develop, encourage and foster the adoption of best practices for the exit planning profession; and promote the common business interests of those business advisors engaged in the profession of exit planning.

Purposeful Planning Institute

Member

Purposeful Planning Institute

LinkedIn
2025-7 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Purposeful Planning Institute (PPI) is a nonprofit learning center for advisors and consultants and a platform for professional networking and collaboration. Our members include financial advisors, estate planning attorneys, trust officers, wealth managers, philanthropy consultants, and a host of other professionals and consultants serving legacy families and families in business.

BlackBoiler

Investor

BlackBoiler

LinkedIn
2024-8 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Investor in a patented AI-powered contract review and markup software designed to automate the, typically manual, legal negotiation process. It uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) to instantaneously redline inbound contracts within Microsoft Word based on a company’s specific, learned, or pre-built, legal playbooks

Disruptive Successor - Book and Podcast

Podcast Host

Disruptive Successor - Book and Podcast

LinkedIn
2020-11 - Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY and Southampton, NY

Disruptive Successor Show is a weekly podcast featuring disruptive successors, family businesses, and their advisors, experts and advocates. It is based on my newest book by the same title available on Amazon. You can learn more and grab a free chapter at www.DisruptiveSuccessor.com along with some business growth tools. The book provides a 7 P's framework for next-generation leaders in family businesses to scale their business to the next level.

Disruptive Successor - Book and Podcast

Book Author

Disruptive Successor - Book and Podcast

LinkedIn
2020-10 - Present · 6 yrs

Disruptive Successor is a book for next-generation leaders of family-run, entrepreneurial businesses who have recently been passed the torch of the family business and looking for a virtual coach/mentor providing a roadmap for growth. Our 7 P's Playbook is that playbook. Grab a free chapter at www.DisruptiveSuccessor.com. Subscribe to our podcast at www.DisruptiveSuccessorShow.com

Entrepreneurs'​ Organization

Member

Entrepreneurs'​ Organization

LinkedIn
2019-8 - 2021-2 · 1 yr 7 mos

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

VALUE BUILDER US

Certified Value Builder Advisor

VALUE BUILDER US

LinkedIn
2018-7 - 2020-8 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Greater Los Angeles Area

Certified Value Builder Advisor guiding entrepreneurs of companies typically $1M to $20M in revenues with educational strategies and coaching in how to increase the enterprise value of your business and increase its ease of transfer or sellability

Scaling Up Coaches

Certified Scaling Up Coach

Scaling Up Coaches

LinkedIn
2015-7 - 2020-8 · 5 yrs 2 mos

Greater Los Angeles Area

Guiding entrepreneurial leaders of rapid growth companies from $1M-$100M to install the Rockefeller Habits (40 best practices for growth companies) into their companies and 4 Decisions (Strategy, People, Execution and Cash) right because every middle-market, fast-growth entrepreneurial company deserves to have an operating system to run the business more simply and intelligently. WHO I WORK WITH: - Hyper-growth companies - Technology and SaaS businesses - E-Commerce - Real Estate & Property Management - Manufacturing companies WHY IT WORKS I’ve guided hundreds of businesses to map out a plan, implement best practices, put systems in place, exceed goals, review results, and then think, plan, act, and review again. In the end, I coach them to build a more valuable business. WHAT MAKES ME DIFFERENT? I guide companies to the following results: • 2x Cash flow • 3x Industry average profitability • 3-1 Return-on-Coaching Investment • 2x Enterprise value and Exit options WHAT PEOPLE SAY “With his help in facilitating our executive team meetings, we ironed out many of the wrinkles that were keeping us from communicating, and we’ve seen communication improvements across departments, thanks to implementation of the Rockefeller Habits and Scaling Up principles.” - Grace Elayae, CEO, Grace Eleyae Inc.

The Growth Coach

Sales/Strategic Business Coach

The Growth Coach

LinkedIn
2003-12 - 2010-12 · 7 yrs 1 mo

Greater Los Angeles Area

Independent owner of business coaching franchise for small and medium-sized businesses conducting quarterly workshops for business owners. Also, started and led Vistage-like peer group for CEO's of fast-growth companies with revenues from $2-20M and several monthly roundtable groups for professional services providers.

Education

University of Southern California

University of Southern California

LinkedIn

Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Management Consulting

1987 - 1989 · 2 yrs
Drucker School of Management

Drucker School of Management

LinkedIn

Strategy

2001 - 2002 · 1 yr

Post-graduate studies on Strategy

UC Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara

LinkedIn

Psychology

1978 - 1980 · 2 yrs
Clark University

Clark University

LinkedIn

Sociology and Psychology

1976 - 1978 · 2 yrs

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