Roundtables
Goering Center Roundtables bring together family and private business owners and executives who are committed to growth and learning. Contact us to learn more about how you can get involved.
Restore Your Balance with Roundtables
Our Roundtables provide a forum for collaborative peer sharing about strategic and tactical business issues, within the larger context of your personal and family concerns. Consider this your very own personal board of advisors, whose number-one goal is to help you restore balance.
Unlock the Value of Roundtables
Confidential Peer Advisory
Engage in open, trust-based conversations with fellow business owners and executives, providing a safe space to discuss issues.
Balanced Support
Address challenges that impact both your business and personal life, fostering a holistic approach to leadership.
Structured Agendas
Participate in meetings where the agenda is shaped by the group’s collective priorities, ensuring that discussions are impactful.
Diverse Perspectives
Benefit from the diverse experiences and insights of peers facing similar challenges, offering fresh perspectives.
Monthly Sessions
Attend monthly sessions, promoting consistent engagement and fostering deeper and meaningful relationships.
Focused on Growth
Engage in discussions that prioritize business growth, leadership development, and succession planning.
Program Information
Our Roundtables provide a forum for collaborative peer sharing about strategic and tactical business issues, within the larger context of your personal and family concerns. Consider this your very own personal board of advisors, whose number-one goal is to help you restore balance.
What to Expect:
Roundtables meet monthly, often at a member’s business. Each group sets its own agenda based on shared priorities—ranging from family business and succession planning to growth, culture, talent development, pricing, and compensation strategies.
Who Should Participate:
Goering Center Roundtables are created for business owners and executives who seek balance across their work and family lives.
Successful candidates are “evergreen”—always growing and open to learning from others. Members also want others to benefit from their personal and professional experiences, and they are willing and able to share their insights.
Peer Group Profiles:
Each Roundtable is made up of 8-12 carefully selected individuals who are led by a professional moderator.
Each peer group provides and expects:
- Complete confidentiality and trust
- No selling – this is a safe haven environment
- Accessibility and respect for urgency
- Commitment and empathy
- The ability to listen and ask clarifying questions
- Validation, feedback, resolution and advice
- The potential for deep personal friendship
Hear Directly From Our Members
“Joining a Goering Center roundtable has been the most transformative experience for me as a leader in my family business. Over the years, I have been challenged, encouraged and unconditionally supported by my fellow members. To have a safe place where I can share my experiences with others who deeply understand has been an incredible blessing to both my personal and professional life.”
Sarah Grace Mohr
Chief Operating Officer, MACKEY
Roundtable Member since 2022
“Being a part of the Goering Center Roundtables has provided me the opportunity to share with my peers the different business challenges I’m facing. It’s nice to have that confidential and transparent setting where I can learn and receive coaching from experienced professionals that understand what I’m going through.”
Tina Taylor
Owner/President/CEO, HR Elements
Roundtable Member Since 2016
“It’s a good learning experience to hear what other business owners and decision makers are facing because even if I haven’t faced it yet, I probably will at some point in time.”
Tyler Lang
President and CEO, Journey Advisory Group
Roundtable Member since 2019
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to your most common questions about our Roundtables.
What are Roundtables?
Our Roundtables provide a forum for collaborative peer sharing about strategic and tactical business issues, within the larger context of your personal and family concerns. Consider this your very own personal board of advisors, whose number-one goal is to help you restore balance.
Does being apart of Roundtables cost anything?
MEMBER PRICING
- $1,200 per person annually
NON-MEMBER PRICING
- Not available
What should you expect at a meeting?
Meetings are held monthly, often at a group member’s business. Each Roundtable prioritizes issues to be discussed and develops its own meeting agenda. Some Roundtables are convened to address family business or succession issues. Others focus on challenges affecting every business like growing sales, managing growth, culture building, surfacing and developing top talent, pricing strategies, as well as structuring compensation and benefit packages.
Who should participate and why?
Goering Center Roundtables are created for business owners and executives who seek balance across their work and family lives. Successful candidates are “evergreen”—always growing and open to learning from others. Members also want others to benefit from their personal and professional experiences, and they are willing and able to share their insights.
Interested in a Roundtable?
Interested in joining a Roundtable? Fill out our interest form and a member of our team will connect with you soon.