Tom Emigh
emigh@thefbcg.com
P: 616-481-9185
Areas of Expertise
- Family Meeting Facilitation
- Leadership Identification & Development
- Succession & Continuity Planning
- Next Gen Development
- Sibling Partnerships
- Post-merger Integration
- Conflict Resolution & Mediation
- Building Strong & Healthy Cultures
- Family Governance
- Business Governance
- Durable Family Harmony
Being a business-owning family is both uniquely challenging and immensely rewarding. I’m honored to guide families through the challenges toward the alignment and understanding that allow both family relationships and business to thrive.
Resources
- Succession Planning in Family Businesses: The Power of Sibling Partnerships
- Align and Define: Family Business Values in Action
- This is FBCG: Who We Are
- Durable Family Harmony: Real Life Stories and Solutions
- Durable Family Harmony: Navigating Family Business Dynamics
- Durable Family Harmony: The Beacon for Strong Family Businesses
- Durable Family Harmony: Smoother Sailing to Family Business Success
- Walk the Talk: Building Next-Gen Communication Skills
- Preparation vs. Separation for the Next Generation
- Who am I: Helping Next Gen Find their Place in the Family Enterprise
- Looking at Family Business Trends with 2020 Vision
Tom Emigh
A principal consultant with The Family Business Consulting Group, Tom Emigh expertly guides families in business from complexity to understanding and decision-making that allow both family and business to thrive.
Tom engages clients with the deep knowledge needed to help family businesses navigate challenges by drawing on robust experience in leadership and organizational development, higher education administration, pastoring, counseling, and coaching. His relational approach and sense of humor build rapport with diverse groups, while his commitment to good process and solutions orientation ensures clients reach their goals.
Tom’s expertise lies in helping families find the alignment needed for them to successfully and strategically operate their business together. Tom approaches this work grounded in the belief that “how you make a decision can be as important as what decision you make,” prioritizing inclusion balanced with a systems focus.
Building on the foundation of alignment, he excels in supporting families as they apply newfound processes and relational understanding to the business work of leadership development, succession planning, and governance — all grounded in durable family harmony.
Education
- Doctoral Work in Organizational Behavior and Leadership Development, Michigan State University
- Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, Western Michigan University
- Trained in Mediation, Coaching, and Facilitation
Personal
Tom lives on a small lake in Michigan with his wife, Tamara, and their dogs. A proud father, stepfather, and father-in-law, Tom brings to his work his own experiences blending a family and parenting adult children. He enjoys slow boat rides connecting with neighbors; appreciates a good cup of coffee or glass of Scotch; and loves any time spent with his five daughters and three sons-in-law.