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The Business Harmonizer Group, founded by Francine Z. Carlin, is a BC, Canada-based consulting firm dedicated to helping family-owned firms and entrepreneurs address, facilitate, mediate, and resolve the emotional and relationship issues that affect decision-making, thus promoting the way for long term well being.
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› Family Business Dynamics

Family owned businesses sustain the economic base of North America - they perform, they contribute and they last. However, it is important to recognize that the business and the family have separate as well as overlapping interests and needs that must be addressed to ensure sustainability. For the business to flourish, the family must also be working well. Francine Z. Carlin assists business families to successfully move through the emotionally charged issues related to love, power and money. In this way she helps families working together to balance sensitive family dynamics with business reality.

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› Family Business Leadership

The long range vision of family owned firms is is often intertwined with the family's historical values and beliefs. Francine Z. Carlin is very effective in working with family business leaders to align the family vision with long-term business strategies; assess leadership competencies; facilitate leadership development; and pave the way for succession readiness and generational transitions.

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› Entrepreneurial Leadership

Entrepreneurs fuel economic growth and innovation through their passion and commitment to taking risks. We work with entrepreneurs to create a shared vision and core values that will serve as a framework for business strategies. We collaborate to identify and strengthen leadership competencies, and we take the time to help identify and carefully address the 'silent barriers' that can block business success.

"Our work with Francine in our Family-Business Council, has helped us break through communications barriers and develop family business programs and policies that are helping us move successfully towards a fourth generation of shared family-business ownership."
D.Yochlowitz,
ABC Recycling, Inc.


"Francine is able to creatively link issues of the heart to the real world of business."
D. and J. Miller,
JJM Construction


"What we learned in our work with Francine has transformed our entire leadership team."
J. Watkins,
North Vancouver Public Library


"The ability to start with a framework in the morning and work through the issues was absolutely necessary to achieve a productive solution. Francine's presence was great."
L. Simkins,
The Copper Lion, Inc.


"Francine does not soft pedal; she helped us confront difficult issues and did so with graceful candor."
K. Keller,
Anchorage Public Libraries



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